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Peter Goddard is a Professor in the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, having served as the eighth Director
of the Institute from 2004 to 2012. Before that he was Master of St John’s College (1994–2004) and Professor of
Theoretical Physics in the University of Cambridge, where he played leading roles in establishing the Newton
Institute and the Centre for Mathematical Sciences. His contributions to quantum field theory and string theory
have been recognized by the award of the Dirac Medal (1997) of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics,
Trieste, and election to the Royal Society of London (1989). He has served on the boards and advisory committees
of institutes for advanced study in many parts of the world.
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