Christof Wetterich

Christof Wetterich

Born	(1952-04-12) April 12, 1952 Freiburg, West Germany
Alma mater	Freiburg University (Diplom) Freiburg University (PhD)
Known for	type II seesaw mechanism Functional renormalization group quintessence Wetterich equation Asymptotic safety in quantum gravity
Awards	Max-Planck Research Prize (2005)
Scientific career
Fields	Theoretical physics
Institutions	Freiburg University University of Bern CERN DESY UCSB Heidelberg University
Thesis	Ein vereinheitlichtes Modell der schwachen und elektromagnetischen Wechselwirkung (1979)
Doctoral advisor	Josef Honerkamp

Christof Wetterich (born April 12, 1952) is a German theoretical physicist. He is a professor of theoretical physics at the Heidelberg University. He is known for his work on the Seesaw mechanism in grand unification theory (GUT), quintessence, the Wetterich equation for the functional renormalization group (FRG) and asymptotic safety in quantum gravity.