Prof. Jean Zinn-Justin

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== Positions ==
 
== Positions ==
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He has a permanent position the CEA-Saclay theory group since 1966, was postdoc in Stony-Brook (1971-1972), fellow at CERN, lecturer in Princeton and Harvard (Loeb lecturer) and Harris scholar at MIT.
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He has directed Les Houches school of Physics, the CEA-Saclay theoretical Institute and more recently the CEA Institute of Research into the fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU) also in Saclay.
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He has also been the head editor of Journal of Physics A (IOPP) and still editor of several scientific journals.
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== Awards ==
 
== Awards ==
 
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Revision as of 08:55, 22 July 2009

Jean Zinn-Justin IRFU and IPhT, CEA Saclay, France


Education

Jean Zinn-Justin graduated from Ecole Polytechnique (France) in 1964 and did his PhD thesis under the supervision of Marcel Froissart (University of Orsay, 1968).

Positions

He has a permanent position the CEA-Saclay theory group since 1966, was postdoc in Stony-Brook (1971-1972), fellow at CERN, lecturer in Princeton and Harvard (Loeb lecturer) and Harris scholar at MIT. He has directed Les Houches school of Physics, the CEA-Saclay theoretical Institute and more recently the CEA Institute of Research into the fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU) also in Saclay. He has also been the head editor of Journal of Physics A (IOPP) and still editor of several scientific journals.

Awards

  • Nobel Prize?.....Please fill in (add as many rows as neeeded) or delete section

Research

Research interests

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Selected articles and books

  • Jean, Zinn-Justin (2002). Quantum Field Theory and Critical Phenomena (Fourth edition). The International Series of Monographs on Physics, 113 Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 0198509235
Figure 1: J Z--J in 2008
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