Biography:Peter Molenaar

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Short description: Dutch developmental and mathematical psychologist
Peter C. M. Molenaar
Born1946 (age 77–78)
NationalityDutch
Alma materUniversity of Utrecht
Awards2013 Sells Award for Distinguished Multivariate Research from the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology
Scientific career
FieldsDevelopmental psychology
Mathematical psychology
InstitutionsUniversity of Amsterdam
Pennsylvania State University

Peter C. M. Molenaar (born 1946)[1] is a Dutch developmental and mathematical psychologist who is Distinguished Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Pennsylvania State University (Penn State).[2] He is the editor-in-chief of Multivariate Behavioral Research.[3]

Biography

Molenaar received two bachelor's degrees from the University of Utrecht: one in 1972 and one in 1976. He also received two master's degrees from the University of Utrecht in 1976, one in mathematical psychology and one in psychophysiology, before earning his Ph.D. in Social Sciences from the same university in 1981. He then served on the faculty of the University of Amsterdam, where he eventually became head of the Department of Methodology, before joining the faculty of Penn State in 2005. In 2013, he received the Sells Award for Distinguished Multivariate Research from the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology.[4]

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