# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laurens-w-molenkamp
# Generated: 2026-09-02T05:26:48.083Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/laurens-w-molenkamp"
name: "Laurens W. Molenkamp"
slug: "laurens-w-molenkamp"
description: "Laurens W. Molenkamp is a professor of physics and Chair of Experimental Physics at the University of Würzburg. He is known for his work on semiconductor structures and topological insulators."
tagline: "Dutch physicist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Photo_of_Laurens_W._Molenkamp%2C_2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "NL"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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birthDate: "1956-08-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           7.407236
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  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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    title: "Laurens W. Molenkamp"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurens_W._Molenkamp"
    title: "Laurens W. Molenkamp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurens_Molenkamp"
    title: "Laurens Molenkamp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurens_Molenkamp"
    title: "Laurens Molenkamp"
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    title: "Моленкамп, Лоуренс"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump