David Gross
- Born: February 19, 1941 (Washington, DC)
Education
- 1962: BSc, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- 1966: PhD, University of California, Berkeley (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1966–1969: Harvard University, Junior Fellow, Society of Fellows
- 1969–1986: Princeton University, Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
- 1986–1996: Princeton University, Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics
- 2002–present: University of California, Santa Barbara, Federick W. Gluck Chair Professor, Theoretical Physics
Other Positions
- 1997–2012: University of California, Santa Barbara, Director, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1983–1987: Member, Advisory Board, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
- 1985–1986: Chair, Advisory Board, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1974: American Physical Society, Fellow
- 1986: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow
- 1986: American Physical Society, J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics
- 1986: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1987: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Fellowship
- 2004: Nobel Prize in Physics
Resources on the Web
Published Resources
David Gross, "Asymptotic Freedom and the Emergence of QCD," in The Rise of the Standard Model: Particle Physics in the 1960s and 1970s, ed. Lillian Hoddeson, Laurie Brown, Michael Riordan, and Max Dresden (New York: Cambridge University Press: 1997), 199-232
