What is David Gross?
{{Infobox scientist | name = David Gross | image = David Gross LANL.jpg | caption = Gross in October 2007 | birth_name = David Jonathan Gross | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|2|19}} | birth_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | citizenship = | nationality = American | fields = [[Quantum field theory]], [[string theory]] | workplaces = [[University of California, Santa Barbara]]<br />[[Harvard University]]<br />[[Princeton University]] | education = [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Science|BSc]], [[Master of Science|MSc]])}}<br>[[University of California, Berkeley]] {{small|([[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])}} | doctoral_advisor = [[Geoffrey Chew]] | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = [[Natan Andrei]]<br /> [[Frank Wilczek]]<br />[[Edward Witten]]<br />[[William E. Caswell]]<br />[[Eric D'Hoker]]<br />[[Rajesh Gopakumar]]<br />[[Nikita Nekrasov]] | notable_students = | known_for = [[Asymptotic freedom]]<br />[[Heterotic string]]<br />[[Gross–Neveu model]] | influences = | influenced = | awards = [[Dirac Medal]] (1988)<br />[[Harvey Prize]] (2000)<br />[[Nobel Prize in Physics]] (2004) | signature = David_Gross_Clean_Autograph.svg | spouse = Shulamith Toaff Gross (divorced; 2 children)<br>Jacquelyn Savani }} {{nobelprize|Physics}} '''David Jonathan Gross''' ({{IPAc-en|g|r|oʊ|s}}; born February 19, 1941) is an [[Americans|American]] [[particle physics|theoretical physicist]] and [[string theory|string theorist]]. He won the 2004 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] for his discovery of [[asymptotic freedom]]. Gross is the Chancellor's Chair Professor of Theoretical Physics at the [[Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics]] of the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]] (UCSB).<ref>{{Cite web|title=In Depth: David Gross {{!}} The Kavli Foundation|url=https://www.kavlifoundation.org/theoretical-