Christof Wetterich

Christof Wetterich
BornApril 12, 1952
Alma mater
Known for
AwardsMax-Planck Research Prize (2005)
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
Institutions
ThesisEin vereinheitlichtes Modell der schwachen und elektromagnetischen Wechselwirkung (1979)
Doctoral advisorJosef Honerkamp

Christof Wetterich (born April 12, 1952) is a German theoretical physicist. He is a professor of theoretical physics at the Heidelberg University. He is known for his works in Seesaw mechanism in GUT, quintessence, Wetterich equation for functional renormalization group, asymptotic safety in quantum gravity.