Peter van Nieuwenhuizen

In this Dutch name, the surname is Van Nieuwenhuizen, not Nieuwenhuizen.
In this article, Dutch capitalization is used for tussenvoegsels in Dutch family names. The first letter in Van Nieuwenhuizen is capitalized unless it is preceded by a name, initial or title of nobility.
Peter van Nieuwenhuizen
Born (1938-10-26) 26 October 1938
Utrecht, Netherlands
Alma materUniversity of Utrecht
Known forPure 4D N = 1 supergravity
AwardsDirac Prize (1993)
Dannie Heineman Prize (2006)
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2019)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsStony Brook University
Doctoral advisorMartinus Veltman
Doctoral studentsHorațiu Năstase
Shoucheng Zhang

Peter van Nieuwenhuizen (Dutch: [ˈpeːtər vɑ ˈniu.ə(n)ˌɦœyzə(n)]; born 26 October 1938) is a Dutch theoretical physicist. He is a distinguished Professor at Stony Brook University in the United States. Van Nieuwenhuizen is widely known for his contributions to string theory, supersymmetry, supergravity and field theory.

He is best known for his discovery of supergravity with Sergio Ferrara and Daniel Z. Freedman, for which he along with his collaborators won the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics in 2019.

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