Robert Wald

Robert M. Wald
Wald in 2012
BornJune 29, 1947 (1947-06-29) (age 77)
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materColumbia University (A.B. 1968)
Princeton University (PhD 1972)
Known forGeneral Relativity (1984)
Wald's formula for black-hole entropy
FatherAbraham Wald
AwardsMember of the National Academy of Sciences(2001)
Einstein Prize (APS) (2017)
Scientific career
FieldsGravitational physics
InstitutionsUniversity of Maryland, College Park
University of Chicago
Thesis Nonspherical gravitational collapse and black hole uniqueness  (1972)
Doctoral advisorJohn 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.


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