# David Gross

_American particle physicist and string theorist_

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> David Jonathan Gross (; born February 19, 1941) is an American theoretical physicist and string theorist. He shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics with Frank Wilczek and Hugh David Politzer "for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction".

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 19 February 1941 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40262#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Washington, D.C. ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40262#P19))
- **Citizenship:** United States ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40262#P27))
- **Occupation:** physicist; university teacher; theoretical physicist; string theorist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40262#P106))
- **Education:** Harvard University; University of California, Berkeley; Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Hebrew University Secondary School ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40262#P69))
- **Official website:** kitp.ucsb.edu/gross ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40262#P856))
- **Awards:** Nobel Prize in Physics; ICTP Dirac Medal; MacArthur Fellows Program; Harvey Prize; Oskar Klein Medal; High Energy and Particle Physics Prize; Grand Prize of the French Academy of Science; honorary doctorate from University of Montpellier-II; honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Fellow of the American Physical Society; Sakurai Prize; honorary doctor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40262#P166))

## About

Gross is the Chancellor's Chair Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), and was formerly the KITP director and holder of their Frederick W. Gluck Chair in Theoretical Physics. He is also a faculty member in the UCSB Physics Department and is affiliated with the Institute for Quantum Studies at Chapman University in California. He is a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

## Questions

**When was David Gross born?**  
David Gross was born on 19 February 1941 in Washington, D.C..

**Where did David Gross study?**  
David Gross was educated at Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hebrew University Secondary School.

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- [Wikipedia (English): David Gross](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gross) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q40262](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40262) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: David Gross at GYSS 19Jan2016 1.jpg by Sinednov (CC BY-SA 4.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_Gross_at_GYSS_19Jan2016_1.jpg)

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