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D-Index
37
Citations
14840
World Ranking
2413
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1012

David Kinderlehrer publication distribution in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mathematics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Kinderlehrer sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 537+

This scientist: 130 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 537 publications or more.

David Kinderlehrer D-index placement in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mathematics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Kinderlehrer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 86+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 86 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2013 - SIAM Fellow For contributions to nonlinear partial differential equations, the calculus of variations, and mathematical aspects of materials science.
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society

Overview

David Kinderlehrer is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States, specializing in research at the intersection of materials science and engineering. Their work spans multiple fields and subfields related to the structural and mechanical properties of materials.

The primary fields of study in Kinderlehrer's research include:

  • Materials Science
  • Engineering

The subfields reflecting their research focus are:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Condensed Matter Physics

Kinderlehrer's research topics cover several interconnected areas, including:

  • Microstructure and mechanical properties
  • Metallurgy and Material Forming
  • Solidification and crystal growth phenomena
  • Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels
  • Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering
  • Theoretical and Computational Physics

Their publication record includes recent papers such as:

  • "Comparison of simulated and measured grain volume changes during grain growth," 2022, Physical Review Materials
  • "Impact of grain boundary energy anisotropy on grain growth," 2024, Physical Review Materials
  • "Louis Nirenberg (1925-2020)," 2021, Notices of the American Mathematical Society
  • "Microstructural evolution in 3D: An existence result," 2025, Nonlinear Analysis

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Kinderlehrer include:

  • S. Kiana Naghibzadeh
  • Robert M. Suter
  • Kaushik Dayal
  • Gregory S. Rohrer
  • Yanyan Li

The venues where Kinderlehrer has frequently published are:

  • Physical Review Materials
  • Notices of the American Mathematical Society
  • Nonlinear Analysis

Kinderlehrer has been recognized by various professional organizations. Notable awards include:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2016
  • SIAM Fellow, 2013, for contributions to nonlinear partial differential equations, the calculus of variations, and mathematical aspects of materials science
  • Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, 2013

Best Publications

  • An introduction to variational inequalities and their applications

    David Kinderlehrer;Guido Stampacchia

  • The variational formulation of the Fokker-Planck equation

    Richard Jordan;David Kinderlehrer;Felix Otto

  • Existence and partial regularity of static liquid crystal configurations

    Robert Hardt;David Kinderlehrer;Fang Hua Lin

  • Regularity in free boundary problems

    D. Kinderlehrer;L. Nirenberg

  • Equilibrium configurations of crystals

    Michel Chipot;David Kinderlehrer

  • Characterizations of young measures generated by gradients

    Unknown

  • Gradient Young measures generated by sequences in Sobolev spaces

    Unknown

  • Homogenization and effective moduli of materials and media

    J. L. Ericksen;David Kinderlehrer;Robert Kohn;J.-L. Lions

  • Theory of magnetostriction with applications to TbxDy1-xFe2

    Richard D. James;David Kinderlehrer

  • Regularity in elliptic free boundary problems I

    D. Kinderlehrer;D. Kinderlehrer;L. Nirenberg;L. Nirenberg;J. Spruck;J. Spruck

  • Weak convergence of integrands and the young measure representation

    David Kinderlehrer;Pablo Pedregal

  • Stable defects of minimizers of constrained variational principles

    R. Hardt;D. Kinderlehrer;Fang-Hua Lin

  • Numerical approximation of the solution of variational problem with a double well potential

    Charles Collins;David Kinderlehrer;Mitchell Luskin

  • The smoothness of the free boundary in the one phase stefan problem

    David Kinderlehrer;Louis Nirenberg

  • Free energy and the Fokker-Planck equation

    Richard Jordan;David Kinderlehrer;Felix Otto

  • EVOLUTION OF GRAIN BOUNDARIES

    David Kinderlehrer;Chun Liu

  • Extracting Grain Boundary and Surface Energy from Measurement of Triple Junction Geometry

    B. L. Adams;S. Ta'Asan;D. Kinderlehrer;I. Livshits

  • Smoothness of Linear Laminates

    Michel Chipot;Michel Chipot;David Kinderlehrer;David Kinderlehrer;Giorgio Vergara Caffarelli;Giorgio Vergara Caffarelli

  • Mathematical Questions of Liquid Crystal Theory

    Robert Hardt;David Kinderlehrer

  • A Variational Approach to Modeling and Simulation of Grain Growth

    David Kinderlehrer;Irene Livshits;Shlomo Ta’asan

  • Approximation of Parabolic Equations Using the Wasserstein Metric

    David Kinderlehrer;Noel J. Walkington

  • Analyticity at the boundary of solutions of nonlinear second‐order parabolic equations

    David Kinderlehrer;Louis Nirenberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Katayun Barmak
Katayun Barmak Columbia University
Robert Hardt
Robert Hardt Rice University
Anthony D. Rollett
Anthony D. Rollett Carnegie Mellon University
Michel Chipot
Michel Chipot University of Zurich
Gregory S. Rohrer
Gregory S. Rohrer Carnegie Mellon University
Brent L. Adams
Brent L. Adams Brigham Young University
Felix Otto
Felix Otto Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
Louis Nirenberg
Louis Nirenberg Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Richard D. James
Richard D. James University of Minnesota
Joel Spruck
Joel Spruck Johns Hopkins University

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