Given the question: What key details about bernard de wit can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: bernard quirinus petrus joseph de wit -lrb- born 1945 , bergen op zoom -rrb- is a dutch theoretical physicist specialized in supergravity and particle physics . bernard de wit studied theoretical physics at utrecht university , where he got his phd under supervision of nobel prize laureate martinus veltman in 1973 . after postdoc stints in stony brook , utrecht and leiden , he became a staff member at national institute for nuclear and high energy physics -lrb- nikhef -rrb- in 1978 , where became head of the theory group in 1981 . in 1984 he became professor of theoretical physics at utrecht university where he has stayed for the rest of his career . he officially retired in 2010 , but continues to engage in research .
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- doctoral students is eric bergshoef , jan de boer , erik verlinde- prizes is humboldt 2010 -rrb- prize -lrb- 1998 -rrb- erc advanced grant -lrb-- known for is supergravity- caption is from the itf webpage- field is theoretical physics- doctoral advisor is martinus veltman- work institution is utrecht university- handedness is right- name is bernard de wit- nationality is dutch- website is -lsb- http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~wit00103/default.htm]- alma mater is utrecht university