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Carlos Frenk

1951 - Today

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Carlos Silvestre Frenk (born 27 October 1951) is a Mexican-British cosmologist. Frenk graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the University of Cambridge, spending his early research career in the United States, before settling permanently in the United Kingdom. He joined Durham University in 1986 and has served as the Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics at Durham University Department of Physics since 2001. Frenk is most notable for his work on galaxy formation, including his use of complex computer simulations to test theories on the origins and evolution of the universe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos Frenk is the 837th most popular physicist (down from 812th in 2019), the 542nd most popular biography from Mexico (down from 464th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Mexican Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Carlos Frenk ranks 837 out of 851. Before him are Jacqueline Hewitt, Victoria Kaspi, Nathan Seiberg, Yash Pal, Deborah S. Jin, and Paul Ginsparg. After him are Charles L. Bennett, Nima Arkani-Hamed, Neil Turok, Jim Al-Khalili, Katherine Freese, and Sean M. Carroll.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Carlos Frenk ranks 721. Before him are Jorge Socías, Dirk Kempthorne, Lyn McClements, Tony Rice, Kathy Hammond, and Lucie Arnaz. After him are Joy Harjo, Patricia de Lille, Jim DeMint, Bina Agarwal, Dan Attias, and Mark N. Brown.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Carlos Frenk ranks 542 out of 729. Before him are Héctor Herrera (1990), Nery Castillo (1984), Efraín Juárez (1988), José Ron (1981), Natalia Lafourcade (1984), and Christian Chávez (1983). After him are Luis Flores (1961), Luís Roberto Alves (1967), Arcelia Ramírez (1967), Jorge Volpi (1968), Adrián Chávez (1962), and Hugo Rodríguez (1959).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Mexico

Among physicists born in Mexico, Carlos Frenk ranks 3. Before him are Jacob Bekenstein (1947), and Miguel Alcubierre (1964).

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