Daan Frenkel
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Daan Frenkel is a Dutch
computational physicist
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Frenkel has carried out the largest part of his research at the FOM institute AMOLF
in Amsterdam where he has been employed since 1987. Professor Frenkel is one of the select foreign members of the British Royal Society
and has been awarded the title of Rothschild Professor at the University of Cambridge
. He is also a recipient of the Aneesur Rahman
Prize from the American Physical Society which may be considered as the Nobel prize equivalent in computational physics. In 2001 he was awarded the Spinozapremie
, also known as the ´Dutch Nobel prize´. Frenkel has co-authored ´Understanding Molecular Simulation´ which has grown into a handbook used worldwide by aspiring computational physicists. Currently he is a professor at the universities of Amsterdam, Utrecht, Beijing and Cambridge.
Daan Frenkel's homepage at the University of Cambridge
Daan Frenkel's research group's homepage
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
computational physicist
Computational physics
Computational physics is the study and implementation of numerical algorithms to solve problems in physics for which a quantitative theory already exists...
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Frenkel has carried out the largest part of his research at the FOM institute AMOLF
AMOLF
AMOLF, also known by its full name as FOM Institute AMOLF is one of the three research institutes operated by the Dutch Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter, also known as FOM. The institute is one of the leading research institute in Europe in the field of physics and biological physics...
in Amsterdam where he has been employed since 1987. Professor Frenkel is one of the select foreign members of the British Royal Society
Royal Society
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
and has been awarded the title of Rothschild Professor at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
. He is also a recipient of the Aneesur Rahman
Aneesur Rahman
Aneesur Rahman pioneered the application of computational methods to physical systems. His 1964 paperon liquid argon studied a system of 864 argon atoms on a CDC 3600 computer, utilizing a Lennard-Jones potential. His algorithms still form the basis for many codes written today...
Prize from the American Physical Society which may be considered as the Nobel prize equivalent in computational physics. In 2001 he was awarded the Spinozapremie
Spinozapremie
The Spinozapremie is an annual award by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research of 2.5 million Euro, to be spent on new research. The award is the highest scientific award in the Netherlands...
, also known as the ´Dutch Nobel prize´. Frenkel has co-authored ´Understanding Molecular Simulation´ which has grown into a handbook used worldwide by aspiring computational physicists. Currently he is a professor at the universities of Amsterdam, Utrecht, Beijing and Cambridge.
Daan Frenkel's homepage at the University of Cambridge
Daan Frenkel's research group's homepage