Herman Verlinde

Herman Verlinde
Born 21 January 1962 (1962-01-21) (age 54)
Woudenberg
Nationality Dutch
Fields Theoretical physics
Institutions Princeton University
Alma mater Utrecht University
Thesis The path-integral formulation of supersymmetric string theory (1988)
Doctoral advisor Gerard 't Hooft
Known for contributions to string theory

Herman Louis Verlinde (born 21 January 1962) is a Dutch theoretical physicist and string theorist. He is a professor at Princeton University. He is also the identical twin brother of Erik Verlinde.

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