Michael Duff (physicist)
Michael Duff | |
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| Born | Michael James Duff January 28, 1949 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Queen Mary College, London (BSc) Imperial College London (PhD) |
| Known for | Coining the term "p-brane" |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical physics, supergravity, string theory, M-theory |
| Institutions | Imperial College London European Organization for Nuclear Research International Centre for Theoretical Physics Queen Mary College, London Texas A&M University University of Michigan |
| Doctoral advisor | Abdus Salam |
Michael James Duff FRS, FRSA is a British theoretical physicist and pioneering theorist of supergravity who is the Principal of the Faculty of Physical Sciences and Abdus Salam Chair of Theoretical Physics at Imperial College London.