Gordon L. Kane, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Gordon L. Kane

American physicist

Date of Birth: 19-Jan-1937

Place of Birth: Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

Profession: physicist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Gordon Leon Kane (born January 19, 1937) is Victor Weisskopf Distinguished University Professor at the University of Michigan and Director Emeritus at the Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics (MCTP), a leading center for the advancement of theoretical physics.
He was director of the MCTP from 2005 to 2011 and Victor Weisskopf Collegiate Professor of Physics from 2002 - 2011.
He received the Lilienfeld Prize from the American Physical Society in 2012, and the J.
J.
Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics in 2017. Kane is an internationally recognized scientific leader in theoretical and phenomenological particle physics, and theories for physics beyond the Standard Model.
In recent years he has been a leader in string phenomenology.
Kane has been with the University of Michigan since 1965.