Cumrun Vafa

Iranian-American physicist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1960 · age 66

Cumrun or Kamran Vafa is an Iranian-American theoretical physicist and the Hollis Professor of Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy at Harvard University. In October 2025, Vafa was appointed the Timken University Professor at Harvard, the highest distinction a faculty member can receive at the university.

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2021Mustafa PrizeAward2016Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical PhysicsAward2008ICTP Dirac MedalAwardLeonard Eisenbud Prize for Mathematics and PhysicsAward1989Packard Fellowship for Science and EngineeringAward1960Born1 August 1960

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