Mark Brian Wise (born November 9, 1953,
Montreal) is a
Canadian-
American theoretical
physicist. He has conducted research in
elementary particle physics and
cosmology. He is best known for his role in the development of
heavy quark effective theory (HQET), a mathematical formalism that has allowed physicists to make predictions about otherwise intractable problems in the theory of the strong nuclear interactions. He has also published work on mathematical models for
finance and
risk assessment.