Stanley Wojcicki

Stanley Wojcicki
Born
Stanisław Jerzy Wójcicki

(1937-03-30)March 30, 1937
Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
DiedMay 31, 2023(2023-05-31) (aged 86)
Los Altos, California, U.S.
EducationHarvard University (BA)
University of California, Berkeley (MA, PhD)
SpouseEsther Hochman
Children3, including Susan and Anne
Parents
AwardsBruno Pontecorvo Prize (2011)
Panofsky Prize (2015)
Scientific career
InstitutionsStanford
ThesisPion-Hyperon Resonances (1962)

Stanley George Wojcicki[1] (/ˌvuːɪˈtʃɪtski/ VOO-ih-CHITS-kee;[2] born Stanisław Jerzy Wójcicki, Polish: [vujˈt͡ɕit͡skʲi]; March 30, 1937 – May 31, 2023)[3] was a Polish-American physicist and former chair of the physics department at Stanford University in California.[4]

  1. ^ Who's who in the West. Vol. 31. Marquis Who's Who, Incorporated. 2004. ISBN 9780837909356.
  2. ^ "2016 Breakthrough Prize Symposium: Introducing the 2016 Laureates in Fundamental Physics" on YouTube
  3. ^ World-renowned physicist Stanley Wojcicki dies at 86
  4. ^ "Stanley Wojcicki - Stanford University Physics Faculty page". Retrieved July 8, 2012.