Personal Information
| Name | Herman Louis Verlinde |
| Nationality | Netherlands |
| Homepage | http:// physics.princeton.edu/~verlinde |
Education
| 1974-1980 | Gymnasium De Bruyne Lyceum in Utrecht |
| 1980 - 1985 | Undergraduate study Theoretical Physics at the University of Utrecht |
| 1985-1988 | Graduate study at the University of Utrecht |
| 1988 | PhD from University of Utrecht, supervisor Prof.Dr. Gerard 't Hooft ( Nobelprize 1999) Title of thesis: ``The Path-Integral Formulation of Supersymmetric String Theory.'' |
Awards and Fellowships
| 1989 - 1990 | Princeton Postdoctoral Fellowship |
| 1993 - 1998 | David and Lucille Packard Fellowship for Science and Engeneering |
| 1994 - 1997 | Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship |
| 1994 - 1998 | Fellowship of Dutch Royal Acadamy of Science (KNAW) | 1995 - 2000 | PIONIER-Fellowship of Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) |
Appointments
| 1988 - 1990 | Research Associate at Department of Physics, Princeton University |
| 1990 - 1996 | Assistant Professor at Department of Physics, Princeton University (on leave 1994-1996) |
| 1994 - 1995 | KNAW Fellow at University of Amsterdam |
| 1995 - 1999 | Professor of Physics, University of Amsterdam (on leave 1998/99) | 1998 - present | Professor of Physics, Princeton University |
Scientific Activities
| Author of | 40 publications in scientific journals. | Supervisor of | Organizor of | Strings 97 Conference, Amsterdam. Committee chair and co-editor of its proceedings. Spring School on String Theory at the ICTP in Trieste, from 1990 until 1992. Amsterdam Summer Workshop on String Theory from 1998 until 2002. Summer progams in String Theory at Aspen Center of Physics in 1998 and 2006. PiTP School on Applications of String Theory at IAS in 2006 and the LHC Olympics |