John Perdew

John Perdew is the kind of figure I most respect and the public almost never hears about. His density functional theory work makes him one of the most cited physicists alive, meaning researchers worldwide quietly run his equations every single day. There is no red carpet for this, only the deep satisfaction of having reshaped the foundations of chemistry and solid-state physics. That he is still teaching and researching well past eighty tells you everything about the man's love for the work. I find quiet, infrastructural genius like his far more thrilling than any celebrity, and a Citation Laureate honor only underlines it.

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Name (English)

John Perdew

Name (Japanese)

ジョン・パデュー

Reading

じょん・ぱでゅー

Born

August 30, 1943 (age 83)

Origin

Cumberland, Maryland, United States

Occupation

physicist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Goat

University

Cornell University

Awards & achievements

• 2019 Clarivate Citation Laureates
• 2015 John Scott Award

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Perdew
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%83%87%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%20(%E7%89%A9%E7%90%86%E5%AD%A6%E8%80%85)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6252559

Tags

• Maryland
• physicist

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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