Paul Henry Ginsparg (born January 1, 1955) is a

physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate cau ...

. He developed the

arXiv.org e-print archive arXiv (pronounced "archive"—the X represents the Chi (letter), Greek letter chi ⟨χ⟩) is an open-access repository of electronic preprints and postprints (known as e-prints) approved for posting after moderation, but not Scholarly peer re ...

Education

He is a graduate of

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in Syosset, New York. He graduated from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of highe ...

with a

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in physics and from

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...

with a

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in theoretical particle physics with a thesis titled ''Aspects of Symmetry Behavior in Quantum Field Theory''.

Career in physics

Ginsparg was a junior fellow and taught in the physics department at

until 1990. The pre-print archive was developed while he was a member of staff of

Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory (often shortened as Los Alamos and LANL) is one of the sixteen research and development laboratories of the United States Department of Energy (DOE), located a short distance northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, ...

, 1990–2001. Since 2001, Ginsparg has been a professor of Physics and Computing & Information Science at

. He has published physics papers in the areas of

quantum field theory In theoretical physics, quantum field theory (QFT) is a theoretical framework that combines classical field theory, special relativity, and quantum mechanics. QFT is used in particle physics to construct physical models of subatomic particles and ...

string theory In physics, string theory is a theoretical framework in which the point-like particles of particle physics are replaced by one-dimensional objects called strings. String theory describes how these strings propagate through space and intera ...

conformal field theory A conformal field theory (CFT) is a quantum field theory that is invariant under conformal transformations. In two dimensions, there is an infinite-dimensional algebra of local conformal transformations, and conformal field theories can sometime ...

, and

quantum gravity Quantum gravity (QG) is a field of theoretical physics that seeks to describe gravity according to the principles of quantum mechanics; it deals with environments in which neither gravitational nor quantum effects can be ignored, such as in the vi ...

. He often comments on the changing world of physics in the

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Awards

He has been awarded the P.A.M. (Physics-Astronomy-Math) Award from the

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, named a

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"Tech 20", elected as a Fellow of the

American Physical Society The American Physical Society (APS) is a not-for-profit membership organization of professionals in physics and related disciplines, comprising nearly fifty divisions, sections, and other units. Its mission is the advancement and diffusion of k ...

, awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2002, received the Council of Science Editors Award for Meritorious Achievement, and received the Paul Evans Peters Award from Educause,

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, and CNI. He was a Radcliffe Institute Fellow in 2008–2009. He was named a White House Champion of Change in June 2013. He was awarded with Einstein Foundation Award in 2021 for creating the arXiv.org.Individual Award 2021
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Personal life

He has two children - a daughter, Miryam Ginsparg (b. 2000), and a son, Noam Ginsparg (b. 2004). His wife is Laura Jones, a mathematical biologist and researcher.

Publications

"Creating a global knowledge network"
''

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Expert Conference on Electronic Publishing in Science'', Paris, 19–23 February 2001, Second Joint ICSU Press *''Fluctuating geometries in statistical mechanics and field theory'', Editors François David, Paul Ginsparg, Jean Zinn-Justin,

Elsevier Elsevier () is a Dutch academic publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content. Its products include journals such as '' The Lancet'', '' Cell'', the ScienceDirect collection of electronic journals, '' Trends'', ...

, 1996,
"First Steps toward Electronic Research Communication"
''Gateways to knowledge: the role of academic libraries in teaching, learning, and research'', Editor Lawrence Dowler,

MIT Press The MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States). It was established in 1962. History The MIT Press traces its origins back to 1926 when MIT publ ...

, 1997, * * * * *

Notes

External links

eprints (co)-authored by Ginsparg
at arXiv.org
"Paul Ginsparg"
''Berlin 6 Open Access Conference''
Quick Study: Paul Ginsparg ’77, JF ’81, RI ’09
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