The Nobel Prize in Physics 1999
Awarded on: 1999-10-12
"for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions in physics"
Affiliations:
- Utrecht University – Utrecht, the Netherlands
Gerardus 't Hooft
Born: 1946-07-05 in Den Helder, the Netherlands
Gender: male
Field: Dutch theoretical physicist
Biography
Gerardus "Gerard" 't Hooft is a Dutch theoretical physicist and professor emeritus at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. He shared the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics with his thesis advisor Martinus J. G. Veltman "for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions."