Francis Halzen

Francis Halzen

Francis Louis Halzen is a Belgian particle physicist. He is the Hilldale and Gregory Breit Distinguished Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Director of its Institute for Elementary Particle Physics. Halzen is the Principal Investigator of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica, the world's largest neutrino detector which has been operational since 2010.

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• Entity:  Scientist

• Born:  March 23, 1944, Tienen, Belgium
• Age:  82 Years
• Fields:  Particle Physics, Neutrino Physics
• Institutions:  University Of Wisconsin–Madison
• Education:  University Of Louvain
• Doctoral students:  Dan Hooper
• Known for:  Icecube Neutrino Observatory
• Notable awards:  American Physical Society Medal For Exceptional Achievement In Research (2026), Yodh Prize (2019), Bruno Pontecorvo Prize (2018), Academia Europaea Member (2018), Balzan Price For Astroparticle Physics (2015), European Physical Society Prize For Astroparticle Physics And Cosmology (2015), Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award (2014), Physics World Breakthrough Of The Year Award (2013), American Physical Society Fellow (1995)
• Born:  23 March 1944
• Wikidata description:  American Astrophysicist
• Wikidata label:  Francis Halzen
• Wikidata aliases:  Francis Halzen, Francis Louis Halzen

• Related Topics:  Belgian Physicists, Belgian Expatriates In The United States, Université Catholique De Louvain Alumni, Particle Physicists, People Associated With Cern