Francis Halzen
Francis Louis Halzen (born March 23, 1944 in Tienen , Belgium ) is a Belgian-American elementary particle physicist and astrophysicist , known for developing the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole, which has been in operation since 2010.
Life
Halzen studied physics at the Catholic University of Leuven , which he completed in 1966 with a diploma and in 1969 with a doctorate. He was a post-doctoral student at CERN until 1971 . In 1972 he became an Assistant Professor, 1974 Associate Professor and 1977 Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison . From 1987 he was there Gregory Breit Distinguished Professor and from 1991 Hilldale Professor. In 2014 he was Francqui Professor at the Catholic University of Leuven and in 2012 he was a visiting professor at the Technical University of Munich .
He is Principal Investigator at the IceCube and previously worked on its predecessor, AMANDA, from 1988 .
Awards
- 1994: Fellow of the American Physical Society
- 2005: Name giver for Halzen Mesa in the Antarctic
- 2006: Helmholtz Prize from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- 2013: Breakthrough of the Year Award from Physics World magazine for the first discovery of cosmic neutrinos beyond the Milky Way
- 2015: Balzan Prize and European Physical Society Prize for Astroparticle Physics and Cosmology
- 2017: Julius Wess Prize
- 2018: Bruno Pontecorvo Prize
Halzen holds honorary doctorates from Ghent University and Uppsala University .
Fonts
- with Alan D. Martin : Quarks and Leptons: an introductory course in modern particle physics, Wiley 1984
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
- ^ Halzen, Francis L. Author profile . INSPIRE-HEP . Retrieved July 18, 2019.
- ^ 125th session of the Scientific Council
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Halzen, Francis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Halzen, Francis L. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian-American physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 23, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tienen |