Frank Wilczek

<p>Frank Anthony Wilczek  is an American <a href="/facts/Theoretical_physics/Cs2Y12rQ">theoretical physicist</a>, <a href="/facts/Mathematician/eaFSR8Fx">mathematician</a> and <a href="/facts/Nobel_laureate/3vGWzdwa">Nobel laureate</a>. He is the   <a href="/facts/Herman_Feshbach/0TKoFTNw">Herman Feshbach</a> Professor of Physics at the <a href="/facts/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology/Xk49vNA8">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a> (MIT), Founding Director of T. D. Lee Institute and Chief Scientist at the Wilczek Quantum Center, <a href="/facts/Shanghai_Jiao_Tong_University/5cFSHwyt">Shanghai Jiao Tong University</a> (SJTU), distinguished professor at <a href="/facts/Arizona_State_University/e4lLNfmP">Arizona State University</a> (ASU) during February and March and full professor at <a href="/facts/Stockholm_University/zp9Cna5D">Stockholm University</a>.
</p><p>Wilczek, along with <a href="/facts/David_Gross/W76ShB3u">David Gross</a> and <a href="/facts/H._David_Politzer/Xlo8AGLD">H. David Politzer</a>, was awarded the <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics/o6w1nCbr">Nobel Prize in Physics</a> in 2004 "for the discovery of <a href="/facts/Asymptotic_freedom/g6q2KCpq">asymptotic freedom</a> in the theory of the <a href="/facts/Strong_interaction/JjRsKcLg">strong interaction</a>". In May 2022, he was awarded the <a href="/facts/Templeton_Prize/Y7zszekY">Templeton Prize</a> for his "investigations into the fundamental laws of nature, that has transformed our understanding of the forces that govern our universe and revealed an inspiring vision of a world that embodies <a href="/facts/Mathematical_beauty/HYwRap01">mathematical beauty</a>."
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Frank Wilczek