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Carlos Frenk

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Mexican-British-German cosmologist

United KingdomScientistsBorn 1951 · age 74
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Sir Carlos Silvestre Frenk is a Mexican-British cosmologist. He has been Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics at Durham University since 2001 and was director of the university’s Institute for Computational Cosmology from 2001 to 2020.

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2021Rumford Medal
2020IOP Dirac Medal
2020Clarivate Citation Laureates
2017Max Born Prize
2014Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
2011Gruber Prize in Cosmology
2010Fred Hoyle Medal and Prize
Fellow of the Royal Society
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

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Hagen KleinertAlso won Max Born PrizeHeinrich RubensAlso won Rumford MedalRashid SunyaevAlso won Gruber Prize in CosmologyMichael GreenAlso won IOP Dirac MedalJames David ForbesAlso won Rumford MedalJohn PendryAlso won IOP Dirac Medal

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Sir Carlos Silvestre Frenk is a Mexican-British cosmologist. He has been Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics at Durham University since 2001 and was director of the university’s Institute for Computational Cosmology from 2001 to 2020. Frenk is known for his work on galaxy formation, dark matter, and cosmological simulations.

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United Kingdom
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Dates
Born 1951 · age 74
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