David Vanderbilt

{{Short description|American physicist}}

{{Infobox scientist

| name = David Vanderbilt

| birth_date = {{b-da|20 August 1954}}

| birth_place = Huntington, New York, U.S.

| nationality = American

| fields = Physics

| workplaces = Rutgers University

| alma_mater = Swarthmore College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

| doctoral_students = Shobhana Narasimhan, Nicola Marzari

| notable_students =

}}

David Vanderbilt is a professor of physics at Rutgers University researching condensed-matter physics since 1991, and named Board of Governors Professor of Physics in 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/physicsnews/news.shtml|title=Rutgers University Department of Physics and Astronomy|website=www.physics.rutgers.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-11-03}} He received his B.A. from Swarthmore College in 1976 and his Ph.D. from MIT in 1981 studying under John D. Joannopoulos.{{cite web |title=Curriculum Vitae of David Vanderbilt |url=http://physics.rutgers.edu/~dhv/cv.html |publisher=Rutgers University |accessdate=4 November 2018}} He received the Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics in 2006.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Vanderbilt&first_nm=David&year=2006|title=2018 Stanley Corrsin Award Recipient|website=www.aps.org|language=en|access-date=2018-11-03}} The Aneesur Rahman prize is the highest honor given by the American Physical Society for work in computational physics. In 2013 he was elected to the National Academy of Science.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/20029960.html|title=David Vanderbilt|publisher=National Academy of Sciences |access-date=2018-11-03}}