Martin Head-Gordon
Australian quantum chemist (born 1962)
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Martin Paul Head-Gordon (né Martin Paul Head) FRS is a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory working in the area of computational quantum chemistry.[2] He is a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.[3][1][2]
17 March 1962
Carnegie Mellon University (PhD)
Martin Head-Gordon | |
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| Born | Martin Paul Head 17 March 1962 |
| Alma mater | Monash University (BSc, MSc) Carnegie Mellon University (PhD) |
| Known for | Q-Chem |
| Spouse | Teresa Head-Gordon |
| Awards | Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2015)[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical chemistry Quantum chemistry Computational chemistry[2] |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
| Thesis | Direct ab initio molecular orbital methods for the study of large molecules (1989) |
| Doctoral advisor | John Pople |
| Doctoral students | Troy Van Voorhis |
| Other notable students | Post-docs: |
| Website | www |
Education
A native of Australia, Head-Gordon received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from Monash University,[when?] followed by a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University[3] working under the supervision of John Pople developing a number of useful techniques including the Head-Gordon-Pople scheme for the evaluation of integrals,[4] and the orbital rotation picture of orbital optimization.
Career and research
At Berkeley,[5] Head-Gordon supervises a group interested in pairing methods, local correlation methods, dual-basis methods, scaled MP2 methods, new efficient algorithms, and very recently corrections to the Kohn-Sham density functional framework. Head-Gordon is one of the founders of Q-Chem Inc.[citation needed]
Awards and honors
In 2015, Head-Gordon was elected a Member of the National Academy of Sciences.[6][7]
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