Peter Goddard (physicist)

Peter Goddard
Peter Goddard on his way home from the Institute for Advanced Study in October 2010.
Born	(1945-09-03) September 3, 1945
Nationality	British
Education	Emanuel School and the University of Cambridge
Occupation	Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J.
Known for	string theory and conformal field theory
Awards	Mayhew Prize (1967)

Peter Goddard (born 3 September 1945) is a mathematical physicist who works in string theory and conformal field theory. Among his many contributions to these fields is the Goddard–Thorn theorem (proved together with Charles Thorn). Goddard was educated at Emanuel School and the University of Cambridge, where he was a professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP), founding deputy director of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences and, until 2004, Master of St John's College. He was Director of the Institute for Advanced Study from January 2004 through June 2012. He is now a professor in the Institute's School of Natural Sciences.

He was elected to the Royal Society in 1989, was awarded the Dirac Prize and Medal of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in 1997, and was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2002.

External links

• I.A.S. page
• Press announcement for being the director of IAS

Academic offices
Preceded by Robert Aubrey Hinde	Master of St John's College, Cambridge 1994–2004	Succeeded by Richard Perham