H. David Politzer
- Born: August 31, 1949 (New York, New York)
Education
- 1969: BS, University of Michigan
- 1974: MA and PhD, Harvard University (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1974–1977: Harvard University, Junior Fellow, Society of Fellows
- 1976–1979: California Institute of Technology, Associate Professor of Physics
- 1979–2004: California Institute of Technology, Professor of Theoretical Physics
- 2004–present: California Institute of Technology, Richard Chase Tolman Professor of Theoretical Physics
Other Positions
- 1975–1976: California Institute of Technology, Visiting Associate
- 1986–1988: California Institute of Technology, Executive Officer, Department of Physics
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1986: American Physical Society, J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics
- 2004: Nobel Prize in Physics
