Julius Wess

Julius E. Wess
Born(1934-12-05)5 December 1934
Died8 August 2007(2007-08-08) (aged 72)
NationalityAustrian
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
Known forWess-Zumino model
Wess–Zumino–Witten model
Wess–Zumino consistency condition
Thirring–Wess model
Coleman–Wess–Zumino construction for nonlinear symmetries
AwardsLeibniz Prize (1986)
Max Planck Medal (1987)
Heineman Prize (1988)
Wigner medal (1992)
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
Doctoral advisorHans Thirring
Doctoral studentsHermann Nicolai

Julius Erich Wess (5 December 1934 – 8 August 2007) was an Austrian theoretical physicist noted as the co-inventor of the Wess–Zumino model and Wess–Zumino–Witten model in the field of supersymmetry and conformal field theory. He was also a recipient of the Max Planck medal, the Wigner medal, the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, the Heineman Prize, and of several honorary doctorates.