Dr. Gerard 'T HOOFT Nobel Laureate for Physics; Professor of Theoretical Physics, Spinoza Institute, Utrecht University
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| Studied Physics and Mathematics at the University of Utrecht | |
| 1969 | Staff member at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at Utrecht University, then Assistant Professor |
| 1976 | Morris Loeb Lecturer at Harvard University |
| 1976-1977 | Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) at Stanford University |
| since 1977 | Full professor at Utrecht University |
| 1988 | Guest professor of Boston University |
| 1989 | Guest professor of Duke University, Durham NC |
| Simon Stevin Leerstoel, Antwerpen, Belgium |
Mitgliedschaften
| Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences | |
| Académie des Sciences, Paris, Associé étranger | |
| American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Foreign Honorary Member | |
| Hollandsche Maatschappij der wetenschappen | |
| Nederlandse Natuurkundige Vereniging |
Publikationen
| Apart from those in scientific journals and conference proceedings: | |
| De bouwstenen van de schepping, Uitg. Prometheus Amsterdam | |
| English version: In Search of the Ultimate Building Blocks, Cambridge University Press | |
| Under the spell of the gauge principle, World Scientific, Singapore | |
| 50 Years of Yang-Mills Theory, World Scientific | |
| A Confrontation with Infinity, Nobel Lecture in Physics 1999 | |
| Planetenbiljart, Sciencefiction en echte natuurkunde, uitg. Bert Bakker, Amsterdam | |
| English version to appear: Playing with Planets, World Scientific, Singapore. |
Auszeichnungen
| Among others: | |
| Winkler Prins Prijs, Amsterdam, 1974 | |
| Akzo Prijs, Arnhem, 1977 | |
| Dannie Heineman Prize, New York, USA, 1979 | |
| Wolf Prize of the State of Israel, 1982 | |
| Lorentz Medal, KNAW, Amsterdam, 1986 | |
| Franklin Medal, Philadelphia, USA, 1995 | |
| Spinoza Premium, Neth. Organization for Scientific Research, 1995 | |
| Nobel Prize in Physics, with M. Veltman, 1999 | |
| Commandeur in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw, 1999 | |
| Officier de la Légion d'Honneur, 2001 | |
| 10 honorary doctorates |
