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Carlos Frenk

1951 - Today

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Carlos Silvestre Frenk (born 27 October 1951) is a Mexican-British cosmologist. He has been Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics at Durham University since 2001 and was director of the university’s Institute for Computational Cosmology from 2001 to 2020. Frenk is known for his work on galaxy formation, dark matter, and cosmological simulations. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos Frenk is the 837th most popular physicist (down from 812th in 2024), the 552nd 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 Giorgi Dvali.

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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 552 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 Susana Chávez (1974), Luis Flores (1961), Adriana Paz (1980), Luís Roberto Alves (1967), Arcelia Ramírez (1967), and Jorge Volpi (1968).

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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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