Giorgio Parisi

Who is this?

Giorgio Parisi (born 4 August 1948) is an Italian theoretical physicist, whose research has focused on quantum field theory, statistical mechanics and complex systems. His best known contributions are the QCD evolution equations for parton densities, obtained with Guido Altarelli, known as the Altarelli–Parisi or DGLAP equations, the exact solution of the Sherrington–Kirkpatrick model of spin glasses, the Kardar–Parisi–Zhang equation describing dynamic scaling of growing interfaces, and the study of whirling flocks of birds. He was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Klaus Hasselmann and Syukuro Manabe for groundbreaking contributions to theory of complex systems, in particular "for the discovery of the interplay of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems from atomic to planetary scales".

Career

1. 1948
   Born
2. 1986
   Won Feltrinelli Prize
3. 1992
   Won Boltzmann Medal
4. 2003
   Member of National Academy of Sciences
5. 2009
   Member of Academia Europaea
6. 2011
   Won Three Physicists Prize
7. 2011
   Won Max Planck Medal
8. 2015
   Won High Energy and Particle Physics Prize
9. Member of French Academy of Sciences

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Rome
• •Citizenship: Italy
• •Known as: physicist, university teacher, theoretical physicist, scientist