Murray Gell-Mann

Professor Murray Gell-Mann was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1969. He is Presidential Professor of Physics and Medicine at the University of Southern California.

Gell-Mann’s research has extended far beyond the realm of physics and embraces natural history, linguistics, archaeology, depth psychology, and biological and cultural evolution.

His interests group themselves around the theme of sustainability of human life on earth. He has been involved in policymaking on the world environment, population growth, sustainable economic development, preservation of biodiversity, and the stability of the world political system, including strategic arms control.

He belongs to the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the Council on Foreign Relations.

He was on the President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology from 1994 to 2001. In 1988 Professor Gell-Mann was listed on the United Nations Environmental Program’s Roll of Honor for Environmental Achievement (The Global 500).