Peter van Nieuwenhuizen

In this Dutch name, the surname is Van Nieuwenhuizen, not Nieuwenhuizen.
Peter van Nieuwenhuizen
Born (1938-10-26) October 26, 1938 (age 86)
Utrecht, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Alma materUniversity of Utrecht
Known forPure 4D N = 1 supergravity
AwardsDirac Prize (1993)
Dannie Heineman Prize (2006)
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2019)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsStony Brook University
Doctoral advisorMartinus Veltman
Doctoral studentsHorațiu Năstase
Shoucheng Zhang

Peter van Nieuwenhuizen (Dutch: [ˈpeːtər vɑ ˈniu.ə(n)ˌɦœyzə(n)]; born October 26, 1938) is a Dutch theoretical physicist. He is a distinguished Professor at Stony Brook University in the United States.[1] Widely known for his contributions to String theory, Supersymmetry, Supergravity and Field theory.[2][3][4]

He is best known for his discovery of supergravity with Sergio Ferrara and Daniel Z. Freedman for which he along with his collaborators won the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics in 2019.[5]

  1. ^ "Stony Brook Physics & Astronomy Faculty - Peter van Nieuwenhuizen". insti.physics.sunysb.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  2. ^ "Peter van Nieuwenhuizen in nLab". ncatlab.org. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  3. ^ "INSPIRE". inspirehep.net. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  4. ^ "P. van Nieuwenhuizen". research.com. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Breakthrough Prize – Fundamental Physics Breakthrough Prize Laureates – Peter van Nieuwenhuizen". breakthroughprize.org. Retrieved 2023-11-16.