Jan de Boer (physicist)

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Jan de Boer
Born (1967-06-29) June 29, 1967 (age 57)
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 earning a double master's degree in mathematics and physics at the University of Groningen, De Boer obtained his PhD from Utrecht University in 1993 with the dissertation Extended conformal symmetry in non-critical string theory. He continued his studies at Stony Brook University and the University of California, Berkeley.

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 also a professor of theoretical physics at the same department of the University of Amsterdam, specializing in 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.