Herman Verlinde

Herman Louis Verlinde (born 21 January 1962) is a Dutch theoretical physicist and string theorist. He is the Class of 1909 Professor of Physics at Princeton University, where he is also the chair of the Department of Physics. He is the identical twin brother of Erik Verlinde.

Life and work Verlinde studied theoretical physics at Utrecht University and received his PhD from the same university, supervised by Prof. Gerard 't Hooft. From 1995 to 1998, he was a full professor at the University of Amsterdam, after which he was appointed full professor at Princeton University.