Troy A. Van Voorhis | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 22, 1976 |
| Education | Rice University University of California, Berkeley |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | MIT |
| Doctoral advisor | Martin Head-Gordon |
| Other academic advisors | Gustavo Scuseria Eric J. Heller David R. Reichman |
| Website | vanvoorhisgroup |
Troy A. Van Voorhis (born 1976) is an American chemist. He is currently the Haslam and Dewey Professor of Chemistry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1]
Early life and education
Troy Van Voorhis graduated from North Central High School, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1994. He graduated with a B.A. from Rice University in 1997.[1] While at Rice, Van Voorhis conducted research under Gus Scuseria, notably developing the first practical implementation of a Meta-GGA in Density Functional Theory (DFT).[2] He went on to pursue a Ph.D. in theoretical chemistry under Martin Head-Gordon at the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 2001.[3] He went on to Harvard University for postdoctoral research with Eric J. Heller and David R. Reichman. In 2003, he joined the department of chemistry at MIT as a faculty member and was promoted to full professor in 2012. Since 2019, he has been the head of the department of chemistry at MIT.[4]
Besides scientific research, he has made numerous videos with the Veritas Forum, in which he discusses his belief that science and religion are not in conflict.[5]
References
- 1 2 "Troy Van Voorhis". mit.edu. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
- ↑ Van Voorhis, Troy; Scuseria, Gustavo E. (1998). "A novel form for the exchange-correlation energy functional". The Journal of Chemical Physics. American Institute of Physics. 109 (2): 400–410. Bibcode:1998JChPh.109..400V. doi:10.1063/1.476577.
- ↑ "Troy Van Voorhis". mit.edu. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
- ↑ "Troy Van Voorhis named head of the Department of Chemistry". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
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