Berni Alder

Berni Julian Alder
Berni Julian Alder
Born	September 9, 1925; Duisburg, Prussia
Died	September 7, 2020 (aged 94)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of California at Berkeley; California Institute of Technology;
Known for	Molecular dynamics simulation
Awards	Boltzmann Medal (2001); National Medal of Science (2009);
	Scientific career
Fields	Statistical mechanics
Institutions	University of California at Berkeley; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; University of California at Davis;
Thesis	The Radial Distribution Function and the Thermodynamic Properties of Monatomic Liquids (1952)
Doctoral advisor	John Gamble Kirkwood

Berni Julian Alder (September 9, 1925 – September 7, 2020) was a German-born American physicist specialized in statistical mechanics, and a pioneer of computational modelling of matter.^[3]

^ Sleezman, Elizabeth, ed. (2004). The International Who's Who 2004. England: Europa Publications. p. 26. ISBN 1857432177.
^ Berni Alder obituary
^ Ceperley, David (2020-10-08). "Berni Alder (1925–2020)". Nature. 586 (7829): 356. Bibcode:2020Natur.586..356C. doi:10.1038/d41586-020-02858-5.

[1] Sleezman, Elizabeth, ed. (2004). The International Who's Who 2004. England: Europa Publications. p. 26. ISBN 1857432177.

[obit-2] Berni Alder obituary

[3] Ceperley, David (2020-10-08). "Berni Alder (1925–2020)". Nature. 586 (7829): 356. Bibcode:2020Natur.586..356C. doi:10.1038/d41586-020-02858-5.

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Berni Julian Alder

Born	(1925-09-09)September 9, 1925^[1] Duisburg, Prussia
Died	September 7, 2020(2020-09-07) (aged 94)^[2]
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of California at Berkeley California Institute of Technology
Known for	Molecular dynamics simulation
Awards	Boltzmann Medal (2001) National Medal of Science (2009)
Scientific career
Fields	Statistical mechanics
Institutions	University of California at Berkeley Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory University of California at Davis
Thesis	The Radial Distribution Function and the Thermodynamic Properties of Monatomic Liquids (1952)
Doctoral advisor	John Gamble Kirkwood

Berni Alder

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