# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-schwerdtfeger
# Generated: 2026-09-01T13:04:10.650Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-schwerdtfeger"
name: "Peter Schwerdtfeger"
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description: "Peter A. Schwerdtfeger is a German theoretical chemist based in New Zealand. He holds a chair in theoretical chemistry at Massey University, is director of Massey's Centre for Theoretical Chemistry and Physics, and is head of the New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study (NZIAS). He was elected to the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science in 2012 and received New Zealand's Rutherford Medal in 2014."
tagline: "German chemist (b. 1955)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter_Schwerdtfeger_(Photo_taken_in_2014).jpg?width=1200"
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country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1955-09-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  historical:           4.403204
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  profileCompleteness:  70
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump