Ramin Golestanian
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Ramin Golestanian is an Iranian-German physicist known for his pioneering work in soft matter and active matter physics, particularly in the theory of microswimmers and nonequilibrium systems.
All labels observed (1)
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| Ramin Golestanian canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T550296 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ramin Golestanian Context triple: [Ramin, hasNotableBearer, Ramin Golestanian]
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A.
David Bakhtiari
David Bakhtiari is an American football offensive tackle best known for his Pro Bowl career with the Green Bay Packers in the NFL.
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B.
Omid Kordestani
Omid Kordestani is an Iranian-American business executive best known for senior leadership roles at major tech companies including Google and Twitter.
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C.
Ramin Jahanbegloo
Ramin Jahanbegloo is an Iranian-Canadian philosopher and public intellectual known for his work on nonviolence, democracy, and cross-cultural dialogue.
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D.
Farhad Moshiri
Farhad Moshiri is a British-Iranian businessman and investor best known for his majority ownership stake in Premier League football clubs, most notably Everton.
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E.
Dara Khosrowshahi
Dara Khosrowshahi is an Iranian-American business executive best known as the CEO of Uber and former CEO of Expedia Group.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ramin Golestanian Target entity description: Ramin Golestanian is an Iranian-German physicist known for his pioneering work in soft matter and active matter physics, particularly in the theory of microswimmers and nonequilibrium systems.
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A.
David Bakhtiari
David Bakhtiari is an American football offensive tackle best known for his Pro Bowl career with the Green Bay Packers in the NFL.
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B.
Omid Kordestani
Omid Kordestani is an Iranian-American business executive best known for senior leadership roles at major tech companies including Google and Twitter.
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C.
Ramin Jahanbegloo
Ramin Jahanbegloo is an Iranian-Canadian philosopher and public intellectual known for his work on nonviolence, democracy, and cross-cultural dialogue.
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D.
Farhad Moshiri
Farhad Moshiri is a British-Iranian businessman and investor best known for his majority ownership stake in Premier League football clubs, most notably Everton.
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E.
Dara Khosrowshahi
Dara Khosrowshahi is an Iranian-American business executive best known as the CEO of Uber and former CEO of Expedia Group.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
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physicist ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences
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Sharif University of Technology ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Germany
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Iran ⓘ |
| doctoralThesisTopic | statistical physics ⓘ |
| educatedIn | Iran ⓘ |
| employer | Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
active matter physics
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physics ⓘ soft matter physics ⓘ statistical physics ⓘ |
| hasAcademicAdvisor | Mehran Kardar ⓘ |
| hasAward |
Holweck Medal
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linked to:
Holweck Prize
Max Planck Medal ⓘ Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
researcher
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university teacher ⓘ |
| hasPublicationType |
journal articles
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review articles ⓘ |
| knownFor |
active matter
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collective behavior of active particles ⓘ diffusiophoretic microswimmers ⓘ nonequilibrium systems ⓘ phoretic self-propulsion ⓘ soft active materials ⓘ theory of microswimmers ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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German ⓘ Persian ⓘ |
| memberOf |
German Physical Society
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Max Planck Society ⓘ |
| nationality |
German
ⓘ
Iranian ⓘ |
| position |
director of the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
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professor of theoretical physics ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
active colloids
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biological physics ⓘ microswimmers ⓘ nonequilibrium statistical mechanics ⓘ phoretic motion ⓘ self-organization ⓘ |
| workLocation | Göttingen ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ramin Golestanian Description of subject: Ramin Golestanian is an Iranian-German physicist known for his pioneering work in soft matter and active matter physics, particularly in the theory of microswimmers and nonequilibrium systems.
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