Gordon Kane | |
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 Gordon Kane, Professor of Physics | |
| Born | January 19, 1937 (age 87) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois (Ph.D.) University of Minnesota (B.A.) |
| Known for | Supersymmetry Higgs Physics String Phenomenology Dark Matter and Cosmology |
| Awards | Lilienfeld Prize (2012), Sakurai Prize (2017) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of Michigan |
| Thesis | Analysis of the angular distribution of pion-nucleon scattering within the framework of the Mandelstam representation (1963) |
| Doctoral advisor | J.D. Jackson |
Gordon Leon Kane (born January 19, 1937) is Victor Weisskopf Distinguished University Professor at the University of Michigan and director emeritus at the Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics (LCTP), a leading center for the advancement of theoretical physics. He was director of the LCTP from 2005 to 2011 and Victor Weisskopf Collegiate Professor of Physics from 2002 - 2011. He received the Lilienfeld Prize from the American Physical Society in 2012, and the J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics in 2017.
Kane is an internationally recognized scientific leader in theoretical and phenomenological particle physics, and theories for physics beyond the Standard Model. In recent years he has been a leader in string phenomenology. Kane has been with the University of Michigan since 1965.