Robbert Dijkgraaf
Dutch mathematical physicist and former Minister of Education, Culture and Science.
Quick facts
- Current role
- Professor of Mathematical Physics, University of Amsterdam
- Organization
- University of Amsterdam
- Country
- Netherlands
- Sector
- Research & Academia
- Forum
- Rhine Group
Robbert Dijkgraaf is a Dutch mathematical physicist and science administrator. He was president of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and served as director and Leon Levy Professor of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton from 2012 to 2022.
He served as Minister of Education, Culture and Science of the Netherlands from 2022 to 2024 and is a professor at the University of Amsterdam.
Education
- Utrecht University, PhD in theoretical physics