Gerard 't Hooft

Gerard 't Hooft
November 2008
Born (1946-07-05) July 5, 1946
Den Helder, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Known forQuantum Field Theory, Quantum Gravity
AwardsHeineman Prize (1979)
Wolf Prize (1981)
Lorentz Medal (1986)
Spinoza Prize (1995)
Franklin Medal (1995)
Nobel Prize in Physics (1999)
Lomonosov Gold Medal (2010)
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
InstitutionsUtrecht University

Gerardus 't Hooft (born July 5, 1946) is a Dutch physicist. He shared the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics with his doctoral advisor Martinus J. G. Veltman.[1]

't Hooft is well known for his theories about gauge theory, black holes, and quantum gravity.

Personal life

He is married to Albertha Schik (Betteke) and has two daughters, Saskia and Ellen.

Biography

Early life

Gerard 't Hooft was born in Den Helder on July 5, 1946, but grew up in The Hague. He was the middle child of a family of three.

Education

After Gerard 't Hooft passed his high school exams in 1964, he studied physics at Utrecht University. In 1969, 't Hooft started on his PhD with Martinus Veltman as his advisor. In 1971 his first paper was published.[2]

Career

After 't Hooft got his PhD in 1972, he moved to Geneva for a research position at CERN. In 1974, he moved back to the Netherlands to work at Utrecht University again. He became a full professor in 1977 and spent the rest of his career at Utrecht University.[3] He retired in 2011, but is still connected to Utrecht University.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1999". Nobel web.
  2. ↑ 't Hooft, G. . (1971). "Renormalization of massless Yang-Mills fields". Nuclear Physics B. 33 (1): 173–177. Bibcode:1971NuPhB..33..173T. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(71)90395-6.
  3. ↑ "Curriculum Vitae Gerard 't Hooft". webspace.science.uu.nl. Retrieved 2026-02-13.
  4. ↑ "Hooft G." Catalogus professorum (in Dutch). Retrieved 2026-02-13.


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