Chris Hull

Christopher Michael Hull FRS[1] is a professor of Theoretical Physics at Imperial College London.[2] Hull is known for his work on string theory, M-theory, and generalized complex structures.[3] Edward Witten drew partially from Hull's work for his development of M-theory.[4]

Awards and honors

Hull was awarded the Wolfson Research Merit Award by the Royal Society in 2002 and the Dirac Medal for Theoretical Physics by the Institute of Physics in 2003. He was awarded a place in the SERC Advanced Research Fellowship in 1987 as well as in the EPSRC Senior Research Fellowship in 1996. He is also a fellow of the Institute of Physics.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://royalsociety.org/people/christopher-hull/ Professor Christopher Michael Hull FRS
  2. ↑ Imperial College London profile for Professor Chris Hull, 2010-04-04. http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/c.hull
  3. ↑ Imperial College London, publications of Professor Chris Hull, 2010-04-04. http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/c.hull/publications
  4. ↑ Edward Witten, in a radio interview in "Vetandets värld" on Swedish public radio, 2008-06-06. http://www.sr.se/webbradio/?Type=db&Id=1182281
  5. ↑ Imperial College London, honours and awards of Professor Chris Hull, 2010-04-04. http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/c.hull/honoursandawards

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