 | This biography of a living person relies too much on references to primary sources. (September 2019) |
Robbert Dijkgraaf | |
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 Dijkgraaf in 2022 | |
| Minister of Education, Culture and Science | |
| In office 10 January 2022 – 2 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Mark Rutte |
| Preceded by | Ingrid van Engelshoven |
| Succeeded by | Eppo Bruins |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robertus Henricus Dijkgraaf 24 January 1960 Ridderkerk, Netherlands |
| Citizenship | Dutch |
| Political party | Democrats 66 |
| Website | Minister of Education, Culture and Science |
| Alma mater | Utrecht University |
| Known for | String theory |
| Awards | Spinoza Prize (2003) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical physics, mathematical physics |
| Institutions | Institute for Advanced Study University of Amsterdam |
| Thesis | A geometrical approach to two-dimensional Conformal Field Theory (1989) |
| Doctoral advisor | Gerard 't Hooft |
| Notable students | Lotte Hollands |
Robertus Henricus "Robbert" Dijkgraaf, HonFRSE (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɔbərd ˈdɛikxraːf]; born 24 January 1960) is a Dutch theoretical physicist, mathematician and string theorist, and the Minister of Education, Culture and Science in the Netherlands from 2022 until 2024.[1] From July 2012 until his inauguration as a minister, he had been the director and Leon Levy professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey,[2][3] and a tenured professor at the University of Amsterdam.
- ^ "Robbert Dijkgraaf". Government of the Netherlands. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ Overbye, Dennis (19 November 2018). "Does the Universe Still Need Einstein?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
- ^ "Robbert Dijkgraaf". Institute for Advanced Study. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.