Edward Witten

Edward Witten
Edward Witten
	Witten in 2008
Born	August 26, 1951; Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Education	Brandeis University (BA); Princeton University (MA, PhD);
Known for	M-theory; Seiberg–Witten theory; Seiberg–Witten map; Seiberg–Witten invariants; Wess–Zumino–Witten model; Weinberg–Witten theorem; Gromov–Witten invariant; Hořava–Witten domain wall; Vafa–Witten theorem; Witten index; BCFW recursion; Topological quantum field theory (Witten-type TQFTs); Topological string theory; CSW rules; Witten conjecture; Witten zeta function; Hanany–Witten transition; Twistor string theory; Chern–Simons theory; Positive energy theorem; Witten–Veneziano mechanism
Spouse	Chiara Nappi
Children	3
Awards	MacArthur Fellowship (1982); Albert Einstein Medal (1985); ICTP Dirac Medal (1985); Alan T. Waterman Award (1986); Fields Medal (1990); Dannie Heineman Prize (1998); Nemmers Prize (2000); National Medal of Science (2002); Harvey Prize (2005); Henri Poincaré Prize (2006); Crafoord Prize (2008); Lorentz Medal (2010); Isaac Newton Medal (2010); Breakthrough Prize in; Fundamental Physics (2012); Kyoto Prize (2014); Albert Einstein Award (2016)
	Scientific career
Fields	Theoretical physics; Mathematical physics; Superstring theory
Institutions	Institute for Advanced Study; Harvard University; Oxford University; California Institute of Technology; Princeton University
Thesis	Some Problems in the Short Distance Analysis of Gauge Theories (1976)
Doctoral advisor	David Gross
Other academic advisors	Sidney Coleman; Michael Atiyah
Doctoral students	Jonathan Bagger (1983); Cumrun Vafa (1985); Xiao-Gang Wen (1987); Dror Bar-Natan (1991); Shamit Kachru (1994); Eva Silverstein (1996); Sergei Gukov (2001)
Website	www.ias.edu/sns/witten

Edward Witten (born August 26, 1951) is an American mathematical and theoretical physicist. He is a professor emeritus in the school of natural sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Witten is a researcher in string theory, quantum gravity, supersymmetric quantum field theories, and other areas of mathematical physics. Witten's work has also significantly impacted pure mathematics. In 1990, he became the first physicist to be awarded a Fields Medal by the International Mathematical Union, for his mathematical insights in physics, such as his 1981 proof of the positive energy theorem in general relativity, and his interpretation of the Jones invariants of knots as Feynman integrals. He is considered the practical founder of M-theory.

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