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

7 PhD theses

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