Frank Wilczek

Frank Wilczek

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Frank Anthony Wilczek, an American theoretical physicist and mathematician, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2004 for his discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction. Currently, he holds the position of Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), serves as the Founding Director of the T. D. Lee Institute, and is the Chief Scientist at the Wilczek Quantum Center at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU).
Frank Anthony Wilczek, an American theoretical physicist and mathematician, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2004 for his discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction. Currently, he holds the position of Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), serves as the Founding Director of the T. D. Lee Institute, and is the Chief Scientist at the Wilczek Quantum Center at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU).
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