# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rene-de-borst
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:10:42.367Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rene-de-borst"
name: "René de Borst"
slug: "rene-de-borst"
description: "René de Borst is a Dutch civil engineer who is known for his work on computational mechanics and fracture mechanics. Since January 2016 he is the Centenary Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Sheffield."
tagline: "Scientist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ReneDeBorst1999.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1958"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.62
  momentum:             2.524271844660194
  historical:           5.671310666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/civil/staff/academic/deborst"
sources:
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    title: "René de Borst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رنه د بورست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_de_Borst"
    title: "René de Borst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_de_Borst"
    title: "René de Borst"
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  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%87_%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "رنه د بورست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_de_Borst"
    title: "René de Borst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump