Residence Durham, England Thesis 1981 Role Cosmologist | Name Carlos Frenk Citizenship Mexican, British | |
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Born October 27, 1951 (age 73) ( 1951-10-27 ) Institutions Durham UniversityPrincipal Investigator of the Virgo ConsortiumUniversity of SussexUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraUniversity of California, Berkeley Fields Cosmology, Galaxy formation and evolution |
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Carlos Silvestre Frenk, (born 27 October 1951) is a Mexican-British cosmologist. His main interests lie in the field of cosmology, galaxy formation and computer simulations of cosmic structure formation. He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 2014.
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- Professor carlos frenk the universe the lumiere durham 2015 conference
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- Teaching
- Education
- Fellowships and awards
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Cosmology on the beach carlos frenk lecture 1
Teaching

He was the inaugural Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics at Durham University in 2001, following an endowment by Sir Peter Ogden. He still holds this chair, and is Director of the Institute for Computational Cosmology at Durham, which is part of the Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics. He is also Principal Investigator of the Virgo Consortium.
Education

He received a PhD in astronomy from the University of Cambridge in 1981. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and a member of the Society's Council.
Fellowships and awards

Frenk was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to cosmology and the public dissemination of basic science.