Volker Heine

Volker Heine
Volker Heine 2012
Born	(1930-09-19) September 19, 1930 (age 93) Hamburg, Germany
Alma mater	University of Otago
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

Volker Heine FRS (born 19 September 1930 in Hamburg, Germany) is a New Zealand / British physicist. He is married to Daphne and they have three children. Volker Heine 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.