Prof. Dr. Holger Bech Nielsen

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsElementary Particle Physics
KeywordsHiggs mechanism, quark and lepton mass matrices, lepton number violation

Current contact address

CountryDenmark
CityCopenhagen
InstitutionUniversity of Copenhagen
InstituteNiels Bohr Institute
Homepagehttp://www.nbi.dk/~hbech/

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Wilfried BuchmüllerDeutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/01/2002

Programme(s)

2001Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Nielsen is an internationally renowned theoretical physicist who stands out with his original publications especially in the fields of elementary particles physics and quantum field theory. In Germany he is going to further develop the Standard Model of the particles physics.