Laura Gagliardi
Born (1968-04-06) 6 April 1968
Bologna, Italy
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical and computational chemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of Palermo, University of Geneva, University of Minnesota, University of Chicago

Laura Gagliardi (born 6 April 1968 in Bologna) is an Italian theoretical and computational chemist and Richard and Kathy Leventhal Professor of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago. She is known for her work on the development of electronic structure methods and their use for understanding complex chemical systems.

Education

Gagliardi earned her Master of Science degree in chemistry at the University of Bologna in 1992 for which she was awarded 'Toso Montanari' for the student with the highest-mark graduation in chemistry. She earned her PhD at the same university in 1997. She was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Cambridge from 1998 to 1999.

Career and research

Gagliardi became an assistant professor at the University of Palermo in 2002. In 2005, she became associate professor at the University of Geneva in Switzerland, and in 2009 she joined the University of Minnesota as a professor of chemistry. She was the director of the Nanoporous Materials Genome Center from 2012 to 2014 and of the Inorganometallic Catalyst Design Center from 2014 to 2022. She was also the director of the Chemical Theory Center from 2011 to 2020 at the University of Minnesota. She was appointed as Distinguished McKnight University Professor in 2014 and awarded a McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in 2018.[1] In 2020, she joined the University of Chicago as the Richard and Kathy Leventhal Professor in chemistry and molecular engineering.[2] She is the director of the Chicago Center for Theoretical Chemistry. Since 2022 she has been directing the Energy Frontier Research Center caller Catalyst Design for Decarbonization center https://cd4dc.center.uchicago.edu/.

Her research focuses on the development of electronic structure methods and their use for understanding complex chemical systems. These systems have practical applications in terms of sustainability and nuclear waste management. Her work with theoretical chemistry also showed that a certain form of uranium forms quintuple bonds, which changed the way chemists view interactions between metal atoms. She is a world expert in modeling metal-organic frameworks and reticular chemistry for various applications, including gas separations, water harvesting and catalysis.

She currently serves as Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, and has served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of the American Chemical Society (2021), the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (2016-2020), and is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the following journals: Journal of Catalysis (2018–present), Chemical Reviews (2015-present), ACS Central Science (2014–present), The Journal of the American Chemical Society (2013-2018), Inorganic Chemistry (2014-2016), Theoretical Chemistry Accounts (2009–present), Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (2012-2016), and the Journal of Physical Chemistry (2011-2016).

Honours and awards

Personal life

Gagliardi is married to Christopher J. Cramer; the couple has three children from a prior marriage.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Professor Gagliardi awarded McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair". UMN. 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  2. ↑ "Laura Gagliardi to join Pritzker Molecular Engineering | Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering | The University of Chicago". pme.uchicago.edu. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
  3. ↑ "Laura Gagliardi elected to the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina". 19 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "Leopoldina". 19 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "News from the National Academy of Sciences". 26 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "Laura Gagliardi elected to Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei". 12 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "Conferimento del distintivo ai nuovi Soci 2020 e 2021". 12 November 2021.
  8. ↑ "Winner: 2021 Faraday Division open award:Faraday Lectureship Prize". 8 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "Professor Gagliardi receives 2020 Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry". UMN. 26 August 2019.
  10. ↑ "Professor Gagliardi elected Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences". UMN. 20 April 2020. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021.
  11. ↑ "Professor Gagliardi receives 2019 Award in Theoretical Chemistry". UMN. 16 January 2019.
  12. ↑ "International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science". iaqms.org. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  13. ↑ "Professor Gagliardi honored with Humboldt Research Award". UMN. 26 April 2018.
  14. ↑ "Professor Gagliardi elected to WATOC Board". UMN. 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  15. ↑ "Gagliardi invited to become Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry". UMN. 3 June 2016.
  16. ↑ "Laura Gagliardi receives Bourke Award from the RSC". UMN. 9 May 2016.
  17. ↑ "Professor Laura Gagliardi elected a Fellow of American Physical Society". UMN. 11 October 2016.
  18. ↑ Coss, Kevin (2018-11-13). "Meet Christopher J. Cramer, New Vice President for Research". Inquiry: Exploring the Impact of University Research. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Archived from the original on 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
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