# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-perdew
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:16:37.011Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-perdew"
name: "John Perdew"
slug: "john-perdew"
description: "John P. Perdew is a theoretical condensed matter physicist known for his contributions to the fields of solid-state physics and quantum chemistry. His work on density functional theory has led to him being one of the world's most cited physicists. Perdew currently teaches and conducts research at Tulane University."
tagline: "American physicist"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1943-08-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump