# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-robert-nelson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:18:38.136Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-robert-nelson"
name: "David Robert Nelson"
slug: "david-robert-nelson"
description: "David Robert Nelson is an American physicist, and Arthur K. Solomon Professor of Biophysics, at Harvard University. He is known for developing KTHNY theory."
tagline: "American physicist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DavidRNelson2001.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
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birthDate: "1951-05-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             9.999999999999998
  historical:           4.812852
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  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Nelson_(Physiker)"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Robert_Nelson"
    title: "David Robert Nelson"
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    title: "دیوید رابرت نلسن"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump