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Jürg Fröhlich

Jürg Fröhlich

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Mathematics
Switzerland
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Mathematics

D-Index
90
Citations
27544
World Ranking
72
National Ranking
1

Physics

D-Index
95
Citations
30217
World Ranking
1944
National Ranking
44

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mathematics in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mathematics in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Mathematics in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
  • 2009 - Henri Poincaré Prize, International Association of Mathematical Physics
  • 2001 - Max Planck Medal, German Physical Society
  • 1993 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1991 - Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, American Physical Society and American Institute of Physics
  • 1976 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Jürg Fröhlich is a researcher affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland whose work primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their research contributions focus strongly on subfields such as Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering, and Physiology, with additional interests in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biotechnology.

The main topics covered by Fröhlich's research include:

  • Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects
  • Wireless Body Area Networks
  • Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects
  • Microbial Inactivation Methods
  • Spaceflight Effects on Biology
  • Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
  • Noise Effects and Management

Fröhlich has been involved in multiple publications, frequently contributing to venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Frontiers in Oncology
  • Open Research Europe
  • Environmental Research
  • The FASEB Journal

Several recent publications include the following:

  • "Magnetic fields modulate metabolism and gut microbiome in correlation with Pgc-1α expression: Follow-up to an in vitro magnetic mitohormetic study," 2020, The FASEB Journal
  • "Brief exposure to directionally-specific pulsed electromagnetic fields stimulates extracellular vesicle release and is antagonized by streptomycin: A potential regenerative medicine and food industry paradigm," 2022, Biomaterials
  • "Magnetic field therapy enhances muscle mitochondrial bioenergetics and attenuates systemic ceramide levels following ACL reconstruction: Southeast Asian randomized-controlled pilot trial," 2022, Journal of Orthopaedic Translation
  • "Comparison of ambient radiofrequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) levels in outdoor areas and public transport in Switzerland in 2014 and 2021," 2023, Environmental Research
  • "Modulated TRPC1 Expression Predicts Sensitivity of Breast Cancer to Doxorubicin and Magnetic Field Therapy: Segue Towards a Precision Medicine Approach," 2022, Frontiers in Oncology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Fröhlich include:

  • Yee Kit Tai
  • Alfredo Franco-Obregón
  • Marco Zahner
  • Martin Röösli
  • Jasmine Lye Yee Yap

Fröhlich's research career is distinguished by multiple awards, among them:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020
  • Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, 2013
  • Henri Poincaré Prize, International Association of Mathematical Physics, 2009
  • Max Planck Medal, German Physical Society, 2001
  • Member of Academia Europaea, 1993
  • Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, American Physical Society and American Institute of Physics, 1991
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1976

Best Publications

  • Absence of diffusion in the Anderson tight binding model for large disorder or low energy

    Jürg Fröhlich;Thomas Spencer

  • Diseases of triangulated random surface models, and possible cures

    Jan Ambjorn;B. Durhuus;J. Frohlich

  • Infrared Bounds, Phase Transitions and Continuous Symmetry Breaking

    J. Fröhlich;B. Simon;Thomas Spencer

  • The Kosterlitz-Thouless transition in two-dimensional Abelian spin systems and the Coulomb gas

    Jürg Fröhlich;Thomas Spencer

  • On the triviality of λϕd4 theories and the approach to the critical point in d(−) > 4 dimensions

    Jürg Fröhlich

  • Random Walks, Critical Phenomena, and Triviality in Quantum Field Theory

    Roberto Fernández;Jürg Fröhlich;Alan D. Sokal

  • Phase transitions and reflection positivity. I. General theory and long range lattice models

    Jürg Fröhlich;Robert Israel;Elliott H. Lieb;Barry Simon

  • The random-walk representation of classical spin systems and correlation inequalities

    David Brydges;Jürg Fröhlich;Thomas Spencer

  • QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS OF CONFINED NONRELATIVISTIC PARTICLES

    Volker Bach;Jürg Fröhlich;Israel Michael Sigal

  • Constructive proof of localization in the Anderson tight binding model

    J. Frohlich;Fabio Martinelli;Elisabetta Scoppola;T. Spencer

  • Duality and defects in rational conformal field theory

    Jürg Fröhlich;Jürgen Fuchs;Ingo Runkel;Christoph Schweigert

  • Gauge invariance and current algebra in nonrelativistic many-body theory

    Jürg Fröhlich;Urban M. Studer

  • Operator algebras and conformal field theory

    Fabrizio Gabbiani;Jürg Fröhlich

  • The appearance of critical dimensions in regulated string theories

    J. Ambjørn;B. Durhuus;J. Fröhlich;P. Orland

  • Large scale physics of the quantum Hall fluid

    J. Fröhlich;A. Zee

  • Braid statistics in local quantum theory

    J. Frohlich;F. Gabbiani

  • The phase transition in the one-dimensional Ising Model with 1/ r 2 interaction energy

    Jürg Fröhlich;Thomas Spencer

  • Quantum field theories of vortices and anyons

    J. Fröhlich;P. A. Marchetti

  • Kramers-Wannier duality from conformal defects

    Jürg Fröhlich;Jürgen Fuchs;Ingo Runkel;Christoph Schweigert

  • Existence of Dressed One Electron States in a Class of Persistent Models

    Jürg Fröhlich

  • Universality in quantum Hall systems

    J. Fröhlich;T. Kerler

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan D. Sokal
Alan D. Sokal New York University
Jürgen Fuchs
Jürgen Fuchs Karlstad University
Christoph Schweigert
Christoph Schweigert Universität Hamburg
Benjamin Schlein
Benjamin Schlein University of Zurich
Antti Knowles
Antti Knowles University of Geneva
Bergfinnur Durhuus
Bergfinnur Durhuus University of Copenhagen
Ingo Runkel
Ingo Runkel Universität Hamburg
David C. Brydges
David C. Brydges University of British Columbia
Nathan Kleeorin
Nathan Kleeorin Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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