Jorge Kurchan
Jorge Kurchan · Science & Medicine
Statistical physicist of glassy dynamics; Onsager Prize (2025)
1959, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Argentina · France
Jorge Kurchan is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Statistical physicist of glassy dynamics; Onsager Prize (2025)
Kurchan, an Argentine-Italian statistical physicist of Jewish background, is a leading theorist of glassy and out-of-equilibrium systems. His work on the dynamics of disordered materials — including fluctuation relations and the physics of the glass transition — has been widely influential. In 2025 he shared the American Physical Society's Lars Onsager Prize.
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Statistical physicist of glassy dynamics; Onsager Prize (2025)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Lars Onsager Prize
