Frank Wilczek
- Born: May 15, 1951 (New York, New York)
Education
- 1970: BS, University of Chicago (Mathematics)
- 1972: MA, Princeton University (Mathematics)
- 1974: PhD, Princeton University (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1974–1974: Princeton University, Instructor
- 1974–1978: Princeton University, Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1978–1980: Princeton University, Associate Professor of Physics
- 1980–1981: Princeton University, Professor of Physics
- 1980–1984: University of California, Santa Barbara, Professor of Physics
- 1984–1990: University of California, Santa Barbara, Chancellor Robert Huttenback Professor of Physics
- 1989–1997: Institute for Advanced Study, Professor, School of Natural Sciences
- 1997–2000: Institute for Advanced Study, J. Robert Oppenheimer Professor, School of Natural Sciences
- 2000–present: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics
Other Positions
- 1976–1977: Institute for Advanced Study, Visiting Fellow
- 1980–1988: University of California, Santa Barbara, Member, Institute for Theoretical Physics
- 1987–1988: Harvard University, Visiting Professor
- 1998–1998: University of Leiden, Lorentz Professor
- 2001–present: Annals of Physics, Editor in Chief
- 2007–2007: Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (NORDITA), Visiting Professor
- 2008–2008: Oxford University, Rudolf Peierls Visiting Professor of Physics
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1978–1982: Member, High Energy Advisory Committee, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- 1986–1988: Member, High Energy Physics Advisory Panel, United States Department of Energy
- 1986–1988: Regent's Fellow, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- 1989–1992: Member, Advisory Board, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
- 1994–1997: Leland J. Haworth Distinguished Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- 2002–present: Adjunct Professor, Center for Scientific Studies, Valdivia
- 2002–present: Member, Science Policy Committee, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
- 2003–2007: Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
- 2006–present: Member, Board of Governors, New York Academy of Sciences
- 2008–present: Member, Board of Trustees, Society for Science and the Public
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1982: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Fellowship
- 1986: American Physical Society, J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics
- 1990: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1993: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow
- 2000: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow
- 2003: American Physical Society, Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize
- 2004: Nobel Prize in Physics
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