Hirosi Ooguri headshot
Past Visiting Professor

Hirosi Ooguri

Affiliation

Natural Sciences

Field of Study

Particle Physics
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Hirosi Ooguri works on quantum field theory, quantum gravity, and string theory.

Dates at IAS

Visiting Professor
School of Natural Sciences
Fall
Member
School of Natural Sciences

Degrees

University of Tokyo
Ph.D.
1989

Honors

2019
Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon, bestowed by the Emperor of Japan
2018
Hamburg Prize
2016
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2016
Chunichi Cultural Award
2014
Kodansha Prize for Science Books
2012
Simons Investigator
2012
Fellow, American Mathematical Soceity
2009
Nishina Memorial Prize
2009
Humboldt Research Award
2008
Eisenbud Prize for Mathematics and Physics, American Mathematical Society

Appointments

Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, University of Tokyo
2018
Director
Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics, Caltech
2014
Director
Caltech
2007
Fred Kavli Professor of Theoretical Physics and Mathematics
Aspen Center for Physics
2016–2019
President
Caltech
2000–2007
Professor of Theoreteical Physics
UC Berkeley
1994–2000
Professor of Physics
RIMS, Kyoto University
1990–1994
Associate Professor
University of Chicago
1989–1990
Assistant Professor
University of Tokyo
1986–1989
Assistant Professor