Nathan Seiberg

Nathan "Nati" Seiberg (/ˈsbɜːrɡ/; born September 22, 1956) is an Israeli American theoretical physicist who works on string theory. He is currently a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, United States.

Nathan Seiberg
Nathan Seiberg at Harvard University
Born (1956-09-22) September 22, 1956
NationalityIsraeli American
Alma materWeizmann Institute of Science, Tel-Aviv University
Known forSeiberg–Witten theory
Seiberg–Witten invariants
Seiberg duality
3D mirror symmetry
AwardsMacArthur Fellow(1996)
Heineman Prize (1998)
Fundamental Physics Prize (2012)
Dirac Medal (2016)
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
InstitutionsInstitute for Advanced Study
Doctoral advisorHaim Harari
Doctoral studentsShiraz Minwalla

Honors and awards

He was recipient of a 1996 MacArthur Fellowship[1] and the Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics in 1998.[2] In July 2012, he was an inaugural awardee of the Fundamental Physics Prize, the creation of physicist and internet entrepreneur, Yuri Milner.[3] In 2016, he was awarded the Dirac Medal of the ICTP.

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