Prof. (Emeritus) François Englert

  Senior Professor by Special Appointment
Appointment Period: 2024-2027

Education

• Electromechanical Engineering, Free University of Brussels (ULB), Brussels, Belgium, 1955
• Physics, Free University of Brussels (ULB), Brussels, Belgium, 1958
• Ph.D. in Physics, Free University of Brussels (ULB), Brussels, Belgium, 1959

Experience

• Distinguished Visiting Professor and Founding Member, Institute for Quantum Studies, Chapman University, Orange, California, USA, 2011–present
• Professor Emeritus, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium, 1998–present
• Professor, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium, 1961–1998
• Assistant Professor, Physics Department, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA, 1960–1961
• Research Associate, Physics Department, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA, 1959–1960

Honors and Awards

• Nobel Prize in Physics (Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism), 2013
• Prince of Asturias Award in Technical and Scientific Research, 2013
• J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics, 2010
• Wolf Prize in Physics, 2004
• High Energy and Particle Prize, European Physical Society, 1997

Research interest

• Statistical physics
• Quantum field theory
• Cosmology
• String theory and supergravity
• Theoretical particle physics and gauge boson mass generation