David Vanderbilt | |
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Born | 20 August 1954 (1954-08-20) (age 70) Huntington, New York, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Swarthmore College Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | Rutgers University |
Doctoral students | Shobhana Narasimhan, Nicola Marzari |
David Vanderbilt is a professor of physics at Rutgers University researching condensed-matter physics since 1991, and named Board of Governors Professor of Physics in 2009. He received his B.A. from Swarthmore College in 1976 and his Ph.D. from MIT in 1981 studying under John D. Joannopoulos. He received the Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics in 2006. The Aneesur Rahman prize is the highest honor given by the American Physical Society for work in computational physics. In 2013 he was elected to the National Academy of Science.
References
- "Rutgers University Department of Physics and Astronomy". www.physics.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- "Curriculum Vitae of David Vanderbilt". Rutgers University. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- "2018 Stanley Corrsin Award Recipient". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- "David Vanderbilt". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
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