# Frans Pretorius

> Frans Pretorius is a South African and Canadian physicist, specializing in computer simulations in astrophysics and numerical solutions of Einstein's field equations. He is professor of physics at Princeton University and director of the Princeton Gravity Initiative.

*Physicist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/frans-pretorius

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1973
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Frans Pretorius is a South African and Canadian physicist, specializing in computer simulations in astrophysics and numerical solutions of Einstein's field equations. He is professor of physics at Princeton University and director of the Princeton Gravity Initiative.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 39.9
- **Momentum:** 1.9

## Timeline
- **2021** - ICTP Dirac Medal
- **2010** - Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics
- **2003** - Metropolis Dissertation Award
- **1973** - Born

## Sources
- [Frans Pretorius](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Pretorius)
- [Frans Pretorius](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Pretorius)
- [Frans Pretorius](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Pretorius)
- [Frans Pretorius](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Pretorius)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15810177)

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