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David Vanderbilt

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David Vanderbilt
Born20 August 1954 (1954-08-20) (age 70)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materSwarthmore College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsRutgers University
Doctoral studentsShobhana 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.[1] He received his B.A. from Swarthmore College in 1976 and his Ph.D. from MIT in 1981 studying under John D. Joannopoulos.[2] He received the Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics in 2006.[3] 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.[4]

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  1. ^ "Rutgers University Department of Physics and Astronomy". www.physics.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  2. ^ "Curriculum Vitae of David Vanderbilt". Rutgers University. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  3. ^ "2018 Stanley Corrsin Award Recipient". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  4. ^ "David Vanderbilt". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
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