Volker Heine

Volker Heine FRS
Heine in 2012
Born	(1930-09-19) September 19, 1930 (age 94) Hamburg, Germany
Alma mater	University of Otago University of Cambridge
Awards	Maxwell Medal and Prize (1972) Royal Medal (1993) IOP Dirac Medal (1994) Max Born Prize (2001)
Scientific career
Fields	Condensed matter physics, materials science
Institutions	University of Cambridge
Doctoral advisor	Sir Nevill Mott
Doctoral students	John Pendry

Volker Heine FRS (born 19 September 1930) is a German-born New Zealand and British physicist who is a Professor Emeritus at University of Cambridge. He is considered a pioneer of theoretical and computational studies of the electronic structure of solids and liquids and the determination of physical properties derived from it.