Jan de Boer (physicist)

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Jan de Boer
Born (1967-06-29) June 29, 1967 (age 55)
NationalityDutch
EducationUniversity of Groningen, Utrecht University
OccupationPhysicist
Years active1984–present
EmployerUniversity of Amsterdam

Jan de Boer (born 29 June 1967, in Doniawerstal) is a Dutch theoretical physicist specializing in string theory. [1] After a double master's degree in mathematics and physics at the University of Groningen, De Boer obtained his PhD from Utrecht University with the dissertation Extended conformal symmetry in non-critical string theory. Since 2000 he has been professor of theoretical physics at the University of Amsterdam. [2] [3]

From 1946 to 1981 an unrelated Jan de Boer (1911–2010) was professor of theoretical physics at the same department of the University of Amsterdam. His specialty was thermodynamics. [4]

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References

  1. Prof. dr. J. de Boer, 1967 - at the UvA Album Academicum website.
  2. "Jan de Boer - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  3. "Home Page". staff.fnwi.uva.nl. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  4. Prof. dr. J. de Boer, 1911 - 2010 at the UvA Album Academicum website.