Greek physicist
Dimitri V. Nanopoulos
(
;
Greek
:
Δημ?τρη? Ναν?πουλο?
; born 13 September 1948) is a
Greek
physicist
. He is one of the most regularly cited researchers in the world, cited more than 48,500 times across a number of separate branches of science.
Biography
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Dimitri Nanopoulos was born and raised in
Athens
. His grandfather, Dimitris Nakas, was an
Aromanian
and an ardent
Greek nationalist
who had migrated at the beginning of the 20th century to
New York
, but in March 1914 traveled back to his native land in order to participate in the
Greek struggle for northern Epirus
, and died in 1916; Nanopoulos' father was born nine months prior.
[1]
[2]
[3]
His father's name was Vaios.
[2]
His mother, Vasiliki Korasidi, was born in
Kifissia
but descended from the Greek island of
Kea
.
[2]
Nanopoulos studied Physics at the
University of Athens
and he graduated in 1971, continuing his studies at the
University of Sussex
in England, where he obtained his Ph.D. in 1973 in High Energy Physics. He has been a Research Fellow at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (
CERN
) in
Geneva
,
Switzerland
and for many years has been a staff member and Research Fellow at the
Ecole Normale Superieure
, in
Paris
,
France
and at
Harvard University
,
Cambridge
, United States. In 1989, he was elected Professor at the Department of Physics, at the
NASA
-supported
Texas A&M University
, where since 1992 he has been a Distinguished Professor of Physics, and since 2002 holder of the Mitchell/Heep Chair in High Energy Physics; he is also a distinguished HARC fellow at the
Houston Advanced Research Center
in
Houston
,
Texas
. In 1997 he was appointed regular member of the
Academy of Athens
, and, in 2005, President of the Greek National Council for Research and Technology, Greek National Representative to the European Laboratory for Particle Physics,
CERN
, and to the European Space Agency (
ESA
).
He has made several contributions to particle physics and cosmology,
[4]
and works in string unified theories, fundamentals of quantum theory, astroparticle physics and quantum-inspired models of brain function. He has written over 645 original papers, including 14 books. He has over 42,500 citations, placing him as the fourth most cited High Energy Physicist of all time, according to the 2001 and 2004 census. Since 1988 he has been fellow of the
American Physical Society
, and since 1992 member of the
Italian Physical Society
. In 1996, he was made Commander of the
Order of Honour
of the Greek State.
He is one of the principal developers of the
flipped SU(5)
model, first proposed by
Stephen M. Barr
in a paper published in 1982.
[5]
It was further described in a 1984 paper by Nanopoulos, J. P. Deredinger, and J.E Kim
[6]
and a 1987 paper by Nanopoulos,
I. Antoniadis
,
John Ellis
, and
John Hagelin
.
[7]
[8]
On 17 October 2006 he was awarded the Onassis International prize by the
Alexander S. Onassis Foundation
.
[9]
On 28 September 2009, he was awarded the 2009
Enrico Fermi Prize
from the Italian Physical Society in recognition of his pioneering work in the field of string theory.
See also
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References
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- ^
"Δημ?τρη? Ναν?πουλο?: Φω? στη "σκοτειν? εν?ργεια"
"
(in Greek).
To Vima
. 22 March 2009
. Retrieved
6 February
2017
.
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a
b
c
Nanopoulos, Demetrios
(2015).
Στον τρ?το βρ?χο απ? τον ?λιο ? Μ?α ζω?, η επιστ?μη κι ?λλα παρ?λληλα σ?μπαντα
(PDF)
(in Greek). Patakis Publishers. pp. 13?16.
ISBN
9789601660158
. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 2021-08-03
. Retrieved
2021-08-03
.
- ^
"Βορειοηπειρ?τη? ο δι?σημο? Φυσικ?? Δημ. Ναν?πουλο?. Αυτ?? που δι?ρθωσε τη θεωρ?α του Α?νστ?ιν!"
.
Νεολα?α Βορειοηπειρωτ?ν
(in Greek)
. Retrieved
2022-08-09
.
Ο εγγον?? του Βλ?χου τη? Αλβαν?α? Δημ?τρη Ν?κα δι?βηκε πολλ? σ?νορα.
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Ellis, John; Nanopoulos, Dimitri (July 1983).
"Particle physics and cosmology"
.
CERN Courier
.
23
(6): 211?216.
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Barr, S.M. (1982). "A new symmetry breaking pattern for SO(10) and proton decay".
Physics Letters B
.
112
(3). Elsevier BV: 219?222.
Bibcode
:
1982PhLB..112..219B
.
doi
:
10.1016/0370-2693(82)90966-2
.
ISSN
0370-2693
.
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Derendinger, J.-P.; Kim, Jihn E.; Nanopoulos, D.V. (1984).
"Anti-Su(5)"
(PDF)
.
Physics Letters B
.
139
(3). Elsevier BV: 170?176.
Bibcode
:
1984PhLB..139..170D
.
doi
:
10.1016/0370-2693(84)91238-3
.
ISSN
0370-2693
.
- ^
Antoniadis, I.; Ellis, J.; Hagelin, J.S.; Nanopoulos, D.V. (1987).
"Supersymmetric flipped SU(5) revitalized"
.
Physics Letters B
.
194
(2). Elsevier BV: 231?235.
Bibcode
:
1987PhLB..194..231A
.
doi
:
10.1016/0370-2693(87)90533-8
.
ISSN
0370-2693
.
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Stenger, Victor J.,
Quantum Gods: Creation, Chaos and the Search for Cosmic Consciousness
,
Prometheus Books
(2009)
ISBN
1-59102-713-6
ISBN
978-1591027133
p 61.
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"Faces and places: Nanopoulos receives 2006 Onassis prize"
.
CERN Courier
.
47
(1): 37?47. January 2007.
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