Martinus Veltman

Dates

June 27, 1931 – January 4, 2021

Authorized Form of Name

Veltman, Martinus

Additional Forms of Names

Veltman, M. (Martinus)

Veltman, M. J. G. (Martinus J. G.)

Veltman, Martinus (Martinus Justinus Godefridus)

Veltman, Martinus, 1931-

Biography

Abstract

Martinus Veltman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1999 with Gerardus ‘t Hooft "for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions in physics." Veltman held positions at CERN, the University of Utrecht, and the University of Michigan.

Important Dates

June 27, 1931Birth, Waalwijk (Netherlands).

1955Assistant to Professor Michels, Van der Waals Laboratory, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (Netherlands).

1956Volunteered to take lecture notes for Leon Van Hove, University of Utretcht (Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht), Utrecht (Netherlands).

1956Obtained MS in Theoretical Physics, University of Utrecht (Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht), Utrecht (Netherlands).

1959Began PhD studies under direction of Leon Van Hove after serving in the military, University of Utretcht (Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht), Utrecht (Netherlands).

1961Graduate Fellow, CERN, where he continued to work with Van Hove, Geneva (Switzerland).

1963Obtained PhD in Theoretical Physics, Unviersity of Utretch (Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht), Utrecht (Netherlands).

1966 – 1981Professor of Physics, University of Utrecht (Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht), Utrecht (Netherlands).

1980Member, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen).

1981John D. MacArthur Professor of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Mich.).

1993Awarded the High Energy Physics Prize, European Physical Society.

1997Awarded the Dirac Medal, International Center for Theoretical Physics.

1999Awarded the Nobel Prize with Gerardus ‘t Hooft "for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions in physics".

January 4, 2021Death.

Occupation

Theoretical physicist.

Places

Subjects

Electromagnetic theory.

Weak interactions (Nuclear physics).

Relationships

People

Advisors & Collaborators

Bij, Jochum Johan van der 1955-

Advised by Veltman at University of Utrecht.

Hooft, G. 't

Advised by Veltman at University of Utrecht (Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht). Shared 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics with Veltman "for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions in physics."

Hove, L. van (Leon)

PhD advisor at University of Utrecht and CERN.

Michels, A. M. J. F. (Antonius Mathias Johannes Friedrich), 1889-1969

Advisor at Van der Waals Laboratory, University of Amsterdam.

Van Nieuwenhuizen, Peter

Advised by Veltman at University of Utrecht, "Radiative corrections to muonic processes."

Verbaarschot, Jacobus Johannes Maria, 1954-

Advised by Veltman at University of Utrecht.

Wit, Bernard de (Bernardus Quirinus Petrus Joseph), 1945-

Advised by Veltman at University of Utrecht.

Ynduráin, Francisco José 1940-

Collaborated in particle theory group between University of Michigan and University of Madrid.