Cumrun Vafa

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Cumrun_Vafa

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:Dirac_Medal gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics gptkb:Heineman_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate	1960-08-01
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Tehran
gptkbp:children	2
gptkbp:citizenship	gptkb:Iran gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor	gptkb:Edward_Witten
gptkbp:employer	gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:field	gptkb:theoretical_physics gptkb:string_theory
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:string_theory gptkb:F-theory gptkb:Vafa–Witten_theorem topological strings
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:American gptkb:Iranian
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:physicist gptkb:professor
gptkbp:position	gptkb:Donner_Professor_of_Science
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Kathy_Vafa
gptkbp:website	https://www.physics.harvard.edu/people/facpages/vafa
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Fundamental_Physics_Prize
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Cumrun Vafa