Robbert Dijkgraaf

Quick Facts

Full Name	Robbert Dijkgraaf
Occupation	Theoretical Physicist
Date Of Birth	Jan 24, 1960(1960-01-24)
Age	64
Birthplace	Ridderkerk
Country	Netherlands
Birth City	South Holland
Horoscope	Capricorn

Robbert Dijkgraaf Biography

Robbert Dijkgraaf is one of the most popular and richest Theoretical Physicist who was born on January 24, 1960 in Ridderkerk, South Holland, Netherlands. Robertus Henricus Dijkgraaf was born on 24 January 1960 in Ridderkerk, Netherlands. Dijkgraaf was educated at the Erasmiaans Gymnasium Rotterdam, Netherlands.

He was made professor of mathematics physics at the University of Amsterdam in

1992. He held that chair until 2004 when he was promoted to distinguished professor.

Dijkgraaf is an elected Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2003 and of the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities.

In 2003, Dijkgraaf was awarded the Spinoza Prize. In doing so he became the first recipient of the award whose advisor also was a recipient (‘t Hooft received the first Spinoza Prize in 1995). He used part of his Spinoza Prize grant to set up a website targeted at children and promoting science: Proefjes.nl.

He continued his MSc studies under the supervision of Nobel laureate Gerard ‘t Hooft. He studied with twins Erik Verlinde and Herman Verlinde. The original plan was for only one of them to work on string theory. However, all three eventually wrote their thesis on the subject. Dijkgraaf received his doctorate in 1989 cum-laude. His thesis was entitled A Geometrical Approach To Two Dimensional Conformal Feld Theory.

Robbert Dijkgraaf Net Worth

Robbert Dijkgraaf is one of the richest Theoretical Physicist from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Robbert Dijkgraaf 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Robertus Henricus Dijkgraaf FRSE (Dutch pronunciation: [ ro]’bertYs hen’rikYs rob@rt?deikgra;f ) is a theoretical physicist, string theorist, and theoretical physicist. He was born 24 January 1960. He is also the Director and Leon Levy Professor at Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study, New Jersey and a tenured Professor at the University of Amsterdam.

In 1978, he began his education in Physics at Utrecht University. He completed his equivalent of a Bachelor’s degree in 1982, but he decided to continue painting at Gerrit Rietveld Academie. He returned to Utrecht University in 1984 to begin his master’s in theoretical physics.

In 1998 Dijkgraaf was an Invited Speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Berlin.

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He received honorary doctorates form the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Leiden University in 2019. In 2019, Dijkgraaf was awarded the inaugural Iris Medal for Excellent Science Communication, presented at the Evening of Science & Society in the Ridderzaal in The Hague, by Ingrid van Engelshoven, Minister of Education, Culture, and Science, in the presence of His Majesty King Willem- Alexander.

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Robbert Ranked on the list of most popular Theoretical Physicist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Robbert Dijkgraaf celebrates birthday on January 24 of every year.