Julius Wess

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Julius E. Wess
Born	(1934-12-05)5 December 1934 Oberwölz Stadt, Styria
Died	8 August 2007(2007-08-08) (aged 72) Hamburg, Germany
Nationality	Austrian
Alma mater	University of Vienna
Known for	Wess-Zumino model Wess–Zumino–Witten model Wess–Zumino consistency condition Thirring–Wess model Coleman–Wess–Zumino construction for nonlinear symmetries
Awards	Leibniz Prize (1986) Max Planck Medal (1987) Heineman Prize (1988) Wigner medal (1992)
Scientific career
Fields	Theoretical physics
Doctoral advisor	Hans Thirring
Doctoral students	Hermann Nicolai

Julius Erich Wess (5 December 1934 – 8 August 2007) was an Austrian theoretical physicist noted as the co-inventor of the Wess–Zumino model and Wess–Zumino–Witten model in the field of supersymmetry and conformal field theory. He was also a recipient of the Max Planck medal, the Wigner medal, the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, the Heineman Prize, and of several honorary doctorates.