Holger Bech Nielsen

Holger Bech Nielsen
Prof. Holger Bech Nielsen
Born (1941-08-25) 25 August 1941 (age 83)
NationalityDanish
Known forString theory
Nielsen–Ninomiya theorem
Nielsen–Olesen string
Nielsen–Olesen vortex
U(1) family symmetry
AwardsHumboldt Prize (2001)
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
InstitutionsUniversity of Copenhagen

Holger Bech Nielsen (born 25 August 1941) is a Danish theoretical physicist and professor emeritus at the Niels Bohr Institute, at the University of Copenhagen, where he started studying physics in 1961.