Background
Dekker, Hans was born on January 18, 1947 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Dekker, Hans was born on January 18, 1947 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Degree in physics engineering, University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 1971. Doctor in Theoretical Physics, University Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1980.
Junior scientist theoretical physics Delft University of Technology, 1969—1971. Visiting scientist thermoluminescent dosimetry Tennessee Valley Authority, Alabama, 1970. Senior scientist theoretical physics Netherlands Organization Applied Scientific Research, Physics and Electronics Laboratory, The Hague, Netherlands, 1971—2001.
Professor theoretical physics University Amsterdam, Netherlands, since 1989. Director Private Institute for Advanced Study, since 1998. Post doctoral fellow, visiting professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department Chemistry, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1981—1982, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, 1981—1982.