Mark Wise | |
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Born | |
Citizenship | United States, Canada |
Alma mater | University of Toronto (BS, MS) Stanford (PhD) |
Known for | Heavy quark effective theory |
Awards | American Academy of Arts and Sciences National Academy of Sciences Sakurai Prize |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Particle physics Theoretical physics |
Institutions | Harvard Junior Fellow California Institute of Technology |
Doctoral advisor | Fred Gilman |
Notable students | Mark Adler Walter Goldberger Alejandro Jenkins Martin J. Savage Iain Stewart (physicist) Sandip Trivedi |
Mark Brian Wise (born November 9, 1953, in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian-American theoretical physicist. He has conducted research in elementary particle physics and cosmology.[1] He is best known for his role in the development of heavy quark effective theory (HQET), a mathematical formalism that has allowed physicists to make predictions about otherwise intractable problems in the theory of the strong nuclear interactions. He has also published work on mathematical models for finance and risk assessment.