Herman Verlinde
Herman Louis Verlinde (born 21 January 1962) is a Dutch theoretical physicist and string theorist. He is the Class of 1909 Professor of Physics at Princeton University, where he is also the chair of the Department of Physics. He is the identical twin brother of Erik Verlinde.
Herman Verlinde | |
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| Born | 21 January 1962 (age 62) Woudenberg |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Alma mater | Utrecht University |
| Known for | Matrix string theory |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical physics |
| Institutions | Princeton University |
| Thesis | The path-integral formulation of supersymmetric string theory (1988) |
| Doctoral advisor | Gerard 't Hooft |
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