David Ceperley
Facts
17 properties- Instance of
- human
- Place of birth
- Charleston
- Country of citizenship
- United States[6]
- Occupation
- physicist, university teacher
- Employer
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Rutgers University[10][11][12][13]
- Field of work
- physics, Monte Carlo method, quantum mechanics[7][8][9]
- Educated at
- University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Cornell University, UWC Atlantic College[14][15]
- Award received
- Feenberg Medal, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[17][18][19][20]
- Doctoral advisor
- Geoffrey Chester[16]
- Doctoral student
- Riccardo Guido Fantoni, Paulo Hora Acioli[24]
- Languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- Family name
- Ceperley
- Maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- ISNI
- 0000000034590249
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-5082-6271
- VIAF cluster ID
- 1428602
- Library of Congress authority ID
- n85006488
- GND ID
- 110486634X
- OpenAlex ID
- A5011485947as of 2026-09-23
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- Source
- OpenAlex
- Edition
- 20260923 · as of 2026-09-23
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Bronze
- not in the catalog
- Transform
- 4ort-mint · openalex:20260923 · version not recorded
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- David Ceperley.jpg ↗
- Academic Tree ID
- 68330
- DBLP author ID
- 01/4151
- Freebase ID
- /m/05zt2lr
- Google Scholar author ID
- jCarCtkAAAAJ
- IdRef ID
- 196375053
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- MR Author ID
- 360340
- Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
- 210985
- NL CR AUT ID
- ntk2018983117
- NUKAT ID
- n2016056720
- National Academy of Sciences member ID
- 20011156
- National Library of Israel J9U ID
- 987007355400105171
- Physics History Network ID
- 11502010
- WorldCat Entities ID
- E39PBJmxRhRWdcvTPpjKTwXTpP
- Yale LUX ID
- person/256d3981-ac95-4211-a6b5-9e3e37b28e4a
- ZbMATH author ID
- ceperley.david-m
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Summary
Born in Charleston[1], he… he was born on January 1, 1949[2]. He worked as a physicist[3] and university teacher[4].
Body
Education
Educated at University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts[14], an academic institution[25], in United States[26], founded in 1841[27] and UWC Atlantic College[15], an independent school[28], in United Kingdom[29], founded in 1962[30].
Career and Affiliations
Fields of work include physics[7], a branch of science[31]; Monte Carlo method[8], a randomized algorithm[32]; and quantum mechanics[9], a physical theory[33]. Employers include University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign[10], a public research university[34], in United States[35], founded in 1867[36]; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory[11], a research institute[37], in United States[38], founded in 1952[39], headquartered in Livermore[40]; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory[12], a laboratory[41], in United States[42], founded in 1931[43], headquartered in Berkeley[44]; and Rutgers University[13], a public research university[45], in United States[46], founded in 1766[47]. Doctoral students include Riccardo Guido Fantoni[24] and Paulo Hora Acioli[48].
Recognition
Awards received include Feenberg Medal[17]; Fellow of the American Physical Society[18], a fellowship award[49]; Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics[19], a physics award[50], founded in 1992[51]; and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[20], a fellowship award[52].
FAQs
Where was David Ceperley born?
Born in Charleston[1].
What did David Ceperley do for work?
David Ceperley worked as physicist[3] and university teacher[4].
Where did David Ceperley go to school?
David Ceperley was educated at University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts[14] and UWC Atlantic College[15].
What awards did David Ceperley receive?
Honors received include Feenberg Medal[17], Fellow of the American Physical Society[18], Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics[19], and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[20].