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Hirosi Ooguri

Japanese physicist · Japan · Scientists · Born 1962 · age 64

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Hirosi Ooguri is a theoretical physicist working on quantum field theory, quantum gravity, superstring theory, and their interfaces with mathematics.

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2023Guggenheim FellowshipAward2019Medal with Purple RibbonAward2016Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesAward2013Fellow of the American Mathematical SocietyAward2009Nishina Memorial PrizeAward2008Humboldt Research FellowshipAwardLeonard Eisenbud Prize for Mathematics and PhysicsAward1962Born

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Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship2023
Medal with Purple Ribbon2019
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences2016
Fellow of the American Mathematical Society2013
Nishina Memorial Prize2009
Humboldt Research Fellowship2008
Leonard Eisenbud Prize for Mathematics and Physics2008
Humboldt Prize

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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.

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Country
Japan
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
living
Dates
Born 1962 · age 64

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