Peter van Nieuwenhuizen
Peter van Nieuwenhuizen | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 26, 1938 Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Alma mater | University of Utrecht |
| Known for | Pure 4D N = 1 supergravity |
| Awards | Dirac Prize (1993) Dannie Heineman Prize (2006) Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2019) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Stony Brook University |
| Doctoral advisor | Martinus Veltman |
| Doctoral students | Horațiu Năstase Shoucheng Zhang |
Peter van Nieuwenhuizen (Dutch: [ˈpeːtər vɑ ˈniu.ə(n)ˌɦœyzə(n)]; born October 26, 1938) is a Dutch theoretical physicist. He is a distinguished Professor at Stony Brook University in the United States. Widely known for his contributions to String theory, Supersymmetry, Supergravity and Field theory.
He is best known for his discovery of supergravity with Sergio Ferrara and Daniel Z. Freedman for which he along with his collaborators won the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics in 2019.