Hooft meaning

2011 nobel prize physics
Stanford quantum physics professor
Nobel prize physics 1999

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Physics History Network

Dates

July 5, 1946 – present

Authorized Form of Name

Hooft, G. 't

Additional Forms of Names

Hooft, Gerard 't

Hooft, Gerard 't, 1946-

Hooft, Gerard 't (Gerardus), 1946-

Hooft, Gerardus 't

't Hooft, G. (Gerard)

Abstract

Gerardus 't Hooft is a particle physicist at Utrecht University. He was awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics along with Martinus J.G. Veltman "for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions in physics."

Important Dates

July 5, 1946Birth, Den Helder (Netherlands).

1969 – 2017Researcher Theoretical Physics (1969-1972); Lector (1974-1976); Full Professor (1977-2003); and Professor Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (2003-2017), University of Utrecht (Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht), Utrecht (Netherlands).

1972Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Utrecht (Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht), Utrecht (Netherlands).

1972 – 1974Fellow, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland).

1976Morris Loeb Lecturer, Harvard University.

1976 – 1977Researcher, Stanford Linear Accel

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Gerard ’t Hooft

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Gerard 't Hooft

Dutch theoretical physicist

In this Dutch name, the surname is 't Hooft, not Hooft.

Gerardus "Gerard" 't Hooft (Dutch:[ˈɣeːrɑrtətˈɦoːft]; born July 5, 1946) is a Dutch theoretical physicist and professor at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. He shared the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics with his thesis advisor Martinus J. G. Veltman "for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions".

His work concentrates on gauge theory, black holes, quantum gravity and fundamental aspects of quantum mechanics. His contributions to physics include a proof that gauge theories are renormalizable, dimensional regularization and the holographic principle.

Biography

Early life

Gerard 't Hooft was born in Den Helder on July 5, 1946,^[1] but grew up in The Hague. He was the middle child of a family of three. He comes from a family of scholars. His great uncle was Nobel prize laureate Frits Zernike, and his grandmother was married to Pieter Nicolaas van Kampen, a professor of zoology at Leiden University. His uncle Ni