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a. p. balachandran neuilly-sur-seine , hauts-de-seine , france 150px physics university of florida january 31 , 1943 replace this image male.svg pierre ramond
 pierre ramond syracuse university
pierre ramond

pierre ramond -lrb- ; born 31 january 1943 -rrb- is distinguished professor of physics at university of florida in gainesville , florida .
he played an important role in the development of superstring theory .
