David Gross, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

David Gross

American particle physicist and string theorist

Date of Birth: 19-Feb-1941

Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Profession: physicist, university teacher, theoretical physicist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

David Jonathan Gross (; born February 19, 1941) is an American theoretical physicist and string theorist.
Along with Frank Wilczek and David Politzer, he was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of asymptotic freedom.
Gross is the Chancellor’s Chair Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and was formerly the KITP director and holder of their Frederick W.
Gluck Chair in Theoretical Physics .
He is also a faculty member in the UC Santa Barbara Physics Department and is currently affiliated with the Institute for Quantum Studies at Chapman University in California.
He is a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.