Carlos Frenk(1951)

Astronomy

Carlos Silvestre Frenk is a Mexican-British cosmologist. He has been Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics at Durham University since 2001 and was director of the university’s Institute for Computational Cosmology from 2001 to 2020. Frenk is known for his work on galaxy formation, dark matter, and cosmological simulations.

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Major Awards
901
Publications
104,172
Citations
147
h-index
523
i10-index
115.6
Avg Citations/Paper

Career History

Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics

Durham University

Durham, GB

2004 — Present

Education

University of Cambridge

PhD

Institute of Astronomy

1981

Education

National Autonomous University of Mexico
King's College

Doctoral Advisors

Chris PowerBernard J. T. Jones

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