Gérard 't Hooft(1946)
PhysicsGerardus "Gerard" 't Hooft is a Dutch theoretical physicist and professor emeritus at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. He shared the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics with his thesis advisor Martinus J. G.
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Career History
Professor
Utrecht University
Utrecht, NL
Education
Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht
Doctor
Physics
1972
External Profiles
Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
Education
Utrecht University
Doctoral Advisors
Martinus J. G. VeltmanRobbert DijkgraafHerman VerlindeMax WellingSebastian De HaroPetrus Jacobus van BaalRuud van DammeJoost Johannes ZegwaardAnne Theresia FranzenMaarten van de Meent
Career Timeline
CERN?–present
Utrecht University?–present
Leiden University1997–2011
Top Publications
Black Hole Unitarity and Antipodal Entanglement
Foundations of Physics201667 citations
Virtual Black Holes and Space–Time Structure
Foundations of Physics201834 citations
The Firewall Transformation for Black Holes and Some of Its Implications
Foundations of Physics201731 citations
Quantum Clones inside Black Holes
Universe202226 citations
Fast Vacuum Fluctuations and the Emergence of Quantum Mechanics
Foundations of Physics202119 citations
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
MR
Martin Rees
Wolf Prize in Physics (2024)
GB
Gilles Brassard
Turing Award (2025)
JK
Jainendra K. Jain
Wolf Prize in Physics (2025)
MH
Moti Heiblum
Wolf Prize in Physics (2025)
JP
James P. Eisenstein
Wolf Prize in Physics (2025)
FC
Federico Capasso
Wolf Prize in Physics (2024)
Nader Engheta
Wolf Prize in Physics (2024)
CB
Charles Bennett
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2023)
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