Nima Arkani-Hamed was born on American soil but immigrated with his parents early in life to Canada. He is a theoretical physicist of Iranian descent, with interests in high-energy physics, string theory and cosmology. Arkani-Hamed is now on the faculty at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, and director of The Center for Future High Energy Physics (CFHEP) in China, Beijing. He was formerly a professor at Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley.
Both of his parents are physicists from Iran, was chairman of the physics department at Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, and later taught earth and planetary sciences at McGill University in Montreal.
Nima Arkani-Hamed , he was an inaugural awardeNima Arkani-Hamed was born on American soil but immigrated with his parents early in life to Canada. He is a theoretical physicist of Iranian descent, with interests in high-energy physics, string theory and cosmology. Arkani-Hamed is now on the faculty at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, and director of The Center for Future High Energy Physics (CFHEP) in China, Beijing. He was formerly a professor at Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley.
Both of his parents are physicists from Iran, was chairman of the physics department at Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, and later taught earth and planetary sciences at McGill University in Montreal.
Nima Arkani-Hamed , he was an inaugural awardee of the Fundamental Physics Prize In July 2012. He has previously won the Sackler Prize from Tel Aviv University in 2008, the Gribov Medal from the European Physical Society in 2003, and the INFN-Pisa Gamberini prize in 1997. He was awarded the Packard and Sloan Fellowship in 2000....more