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Robert M. Wald | |
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 Wald in 2012 | |
| Born | June 29, 1947 (age 77) |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Columbia University (A.B. 1968) Princeton University (PhD 1972) |
| Known for | General Relativity (1984) Wald's formula for black-hole entropy |
| Father | Abraham Wald |
| Awards | Member of the National Academy of Sciences(2001) Einstein Prize (APS) (2017) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Gravitational physics |
| Institutions | University of Maryland, College Park University of Chicago |
| Thesis | Nonspherical gravitational collapse and black hole uniqueness (1972) |
| Doctoral advisor | John Archibald Wheeler |
Robert M. Wald (/wɔːld/; born June 29, 1947 in New York City) is an American theoretical physicist and professor at the University of Chicago. He studies general relativity, black holes, and quantum gravity and has written textbooks on these subjects.