Professor
David M. Ceperley
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Physicist; Educator; Government and academic research institution staff member
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Physics
Elected
1999
Ceperley has made crucial contributions to computational and condensed matter physics. He developed and applied simulation methods for quantum systems such as superfluid and solid helium, and high pressure hydrogen. His calculation of the energy of the electron gas has enabled most numerical calculations of electronic structure.
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