Herman Verlinde

Herman Verlinde
Born21 January 1962 (1962-01-21) (age 62)
NationalityDutch
Alma materUtrecht University
Known forMatrix string theory
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
InstitutionsPrinceton University
ThesisThe path-integral formulation of supersymmetric string theory (1988)
Doctoral advisorGerard 't Hooft

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.[1] He is the identical twin brother of Erik Verlinde.

  1. ^ "Herman L. Verlinde". Department of Physics. Retrieved 2023-11-11.