Ann Elizabeth Nelson (April 29, 1958 – August 4, 2019) was a particle physicist. She was a professor of physics at the University of Washington. She was a member of the university's Particle Theory Group from 1994 until her death. Nelson received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2004, and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011 and the National Academy of Sciences in 2012. She was a recipient of the 2018 J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics, presented annually by the American Physical Society and considered one of the most prestigious prizes in physics. Her contributions to the field of particle physics made her an important and influential theorist.
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1958 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
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4 August 2019 (aged 61) Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Washington, U.S.
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