University of Mexico (BSc) University of Cambridge (PhD)
Known for
Navarro–Frenk–White profile
Spouse
Dr Susan Frenk
Children
2
Scientific career
Fields
Astrophysics
Institutions
Durham University University of Sussex University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Berkeley
Thesis
Globular clusters in the galaxy and in the Large Magellanic Cloud(1981)
Doctoral advisor
Bernard J. T. Jones
Doctoral students
Ben Moore Gillian Wilson
Website
https://astro.dur.ac.uk/~csf/homepage/index.html
Carlos Silvestre FrenkCBE FRS (born 27 October 1951) is a Mexican-British cosmologist.[1] Frenk graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the University of Cambridge and spent his early research career in the United States, before settling permanently in the United Kingdom. He joined the Durham University Department of Physics in 1986 and since 2001 has served as the Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics at Durham University.[2]
Frenk is particularly notable for his work around galaxy formation, including his use of complex computer simulations to test theories on the origins and evolution of the universe, thus helping to resolve disputes among theoretical models. Among the most prolific and frequently cited authors in astronomy and space science, Frenk has written more than 500 scientific articles; he is a co-author on 5 of the 100 most cited papers ever published within his field.[2]
As a pioneer in computational astrophysics, Frenk, alongside Marc Davis, George Efstathiou, and Simon White, published a series of influential papers that established the validity of the cold dark matter hypothesis through computer modelling.
Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2004, Frenk has received numerous awards and is regularly tipped as a contender for the Nobel Prize in Physics.
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include those with Julio Navarro and CarlosFrenk on the "universal" structure of dark matter halos. The Navarro–Frenk–White profile is named after them...
Samuel Tolansky, Harold Spencer Jones, Martin Ryle, Richard Ellis, CarlosFrenk and Bart Bok. Other guests have included Arthur C. Clarke, Astronomer...
density parameter Ω, calculated from the Friedmann equations; Mexican CarlosFrenk of Durham University; the higher the Hubble constant, a conventional...
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completed her Ph.D. in 1995 at Durham University under the supervision of CarlosFrenk. Her research interests include infrared astronomy to study the evolution...
(1882–1964): German physicist. Won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1925. CarlosFrenk (1951–): Mexican-British cosmologist and the Ogden Professor of Fundamental...
Astronomy and Fellow of Emmanuel College at the University of Cambridge CarlosFrenk, Director of the Institute for Computational Cosmology at the University...
2012 Andy Fabian John Brown 2013 Roger Blandford Chris Chapman 2014 CarlosFrenk John Zarnecki 2015 Michel Mayor Mike Lockwood 2016 John D. Barrow Philip...
evolutionist, director of The Lynn Margulis Centre for Evolutionary Biology) CarlosFrenk (astronomer, a pioneer in simulations of large-scale structures) Constantino...
contributions to research in cosmology, including: With Marc Davis, CarlosFrenk and Simon White he pioneered the use of N-body computer simulations of...
author 1951 – K. K. Downing, English guitarist and songwriter 1951 – CarlosFrenk, Mexican-English physicist, cosmologist, and academic 1951 – Nancy Jacobs...
recipient of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2005. October 27 – CarlosFrenk, Mexican cosmologist. January 13 – Dorothea Bate (born 1878), British...
are Ortwin Hess (German/British), Dennis Gabor (Hungarian/British) and CarlosFrenk (Mexican/British). This number includes Ortwin Hess, who is of mixed...
Europe. David Alexander and CarlosFrenk were highlighted for their research, as were Adrian Jenkins and Tom Theuns. In 2020 Frenk was made one of the Clarivate...
University of California, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory CarlosFrenk (born 1951) Mexico United Kingdom "for their fundamental studies of...
Magón, anarchist revolutionary activist from the early 20th century CarlosFrenk, cosmologist Tomás Garrido Canabal, politician Guillermo Kahlo Manuel...
studies of the most distant galaxies in the universe 2011 Simon White, CarlosFrenk, Marc Davis and George Efstathiou 2012 Charles L. Bennett (Professor...
4". BBC. "Dorothy Bishop, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4". BBC. "CarlosFrenk, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4". BBC. "Niamh Nic Daéid, The Life...
(2019) Andrew Fisher – Professor of Physics at University College London CarlosFrenk FRS – Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics at Durham University Nigel...
Constable, Police Scotland. For services to Law and Order. Professor CarlosFrenk, FRS, Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics, Durham University. For...
Jupiters 2011 Michael Turner : Connecting quarks to the cosmos 2010 CarlosFrenk : The Small-Scale Structure of the Universe 2009 Neil Gehrels : SWIFT...
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