# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erik-verlinde
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:27:40.691Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erik-verlinde"
name: "Erik Verlinde"
slug: "erik-verlinde"
description: "Erik Peter Verlinde is a Dutch theoretical physicist and string theorist. He is the identical twin brother of physicist Herman Verlinde. The Verlinde formula, which is important in conformal field theory and topological field theory, is named after him. His research deals with string theory, gravity, black holes and cosmology. Currently, he works at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Amsterdam."
tagline: "Dutch physicist"
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birthDate: "1962-01-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump