# Hirosi Ooguri

> Hirosi Ooguri   is a theoretical physicist working on quantum field theory, quantum gravity, superstring theory, and their interfaces with mathematics. He is Fred Kavli Professor of Theoretical Physics and Mathematics and the Founding Director of the Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics at California Institute of Technology. He is also the director of the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics at the University of Tokyo and is the chair of the board of trustees of the Aspen Center for Physics in Colorado. In July 2025, he was appointed chair of the Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy (PMA) at Caltech.

*Japanese physicist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/hirosi-ooguri

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** Japan
- **Born:** 1962
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Hirosi Ooguri   is a theoretical physicist working on quantum field theory, quantum gravity, superstring theory, and their interfaces with mathematics. He is Fred Kavli Professor of Theoretical Physics and Mathematics and the Founding Director of the Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics at California Institute of Technology. He is also the director of the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics at the University of Tokyo and is the chair of the board of trustees of the Aspen Center for Physics in Colorado. In July 2025, he was appointed chair of the Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy (PMA) at Caltech.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.6 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 5.7 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 100.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 45.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 80.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/PlanckScale (@PlanckScale)
- **WEBSITE**: https://ooguri.caltech.edu/

## Timeline
- **2023** - Guggenheim Fellowship
- **2019** - Medal with Purple Ribbon
- **2016** - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- **2013** - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
- **2009** - Nishina Memorial Prize
- **2008** - Leonard Eisenbud Prize for Mathematics and Physics
- **2008** - Humboldt Research Fellowship
- **1962** - Born

## Sources
- [Hirosi Ooguri](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirosi_Ooguri)
- [Hirosi Ooguri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirosi_Ooguri)
- [Hiroshi Ōguri (Physiker)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshi_%C5%8Cguri_(Physiker))
- [هيروسى اوجورى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%89)
- [大栗博司](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E6%A0%97%E5%8D%9A%E5%8F%B8)
- [Хіросі Огурі](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%96%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%96_%D0%9E%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%80%D1%96)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1620293)

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