Carlos Frenk | |
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 Carlos Frenk in 2012 | |
| Born | Carlos Silvestre Frenk 27 October 1951 |
| Citizenship | British, German and Mexican |
| Alma mater | University of Mexico (BSc) University of Cambridge (PhD) |
| Known for | Navarro–Frenk–White profile |
| Spouse | Dr Susan Frenk |
| Children | 2 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astrophysics |
| Institutions | Durham University University of Sussex University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Berkeley |
| Thesis | Globular clusters in the galaxy and in the Large Magellanic Cloud (1981) |
| Doctoral advisor | Bernard J. T. Jones |
| Doctoral students | Ben Moore Gillian Wilson |
| Website | https://astro.dur.ac.uk/~csf/homepage/index.html |
Carlos Silvestre Frenk CBE FRS (born 27 October 1951) is a Mexican-British cosmologist.[1] Frenk graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the University of Cambridge and spent his early research career in the United States, before settling permanently in the United Kingdom. He joined the Durham University Department of Physics in 1986 and since 2001 has served as the Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics at Durham University.[2]
Frenk is particularly notable for his work around galaxy formation, including his use of complex computer simulations to test theories on the origins and evolution of the universe, thus helping to resolve disputes among theoretical models. Among the most prolific and frequently cited authors in astronomy and space science, Frenk has written more than 500 scientific articles; he is a co-author on 5 of the 100 most cited papers ever published within his field.[2]
As a pioneer in computational astrophysics, Frenk, alongside Marc Davis, George Efstathiou, and Simon White, published a series of influential papers that established the validity of the cold dark matter hypothesis through computer modelling.
Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2004, Frenk has received numerous awards and is regularly tipped as a contender for the Nobel Prize in Physics.
- ^ Anon (2017). "Frenk, Prof. Carlos Silvestre". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U16471. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b "Carlos Frenk CV" (PDF). (90.3 KB)