Ad van der Avoird explained

Ad van der Avoird (born 19 April 1943) is a Dutch theoretical chemist. He was professor of theoretical chemistry at the Radboud University Nijmegen.

Education and career

Van der Avoird was born on 19 April 1943 in Eindhoven.[1] He studied at Eindhoven University of Technology, obtaining his PhD under George Schuit in 1968 with a thesis titled: "Perturbation theory for intermolecular forces : application to some adsorption models".[2] He was professor of theoretical chemistry at the Radboud University Nijmegen and took up emeritus status in 2008 although he kept working.[3] In 2013 Van der Avoird provided a theory on the relation between two benzene rings and their possible motion, the discovery was published with Gerard Meijer and a German research team in a paper in Angewandte Chemie.[4] [5] The model solved a decade old scientific issue.[6]

Honors and awards

On 25 April 2014 he was made a Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion, one of only fifteen appointees that year. Amongst other accomplishments he was given the honor for his model of benzene dimer.[6]

Van der Avoird became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1979.[7] He is also member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.[1]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ad van der Avoird . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924032312/https://www.iaqms.org/members/vdavoird.php . International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science . 24 September 2015.
  2. Perturbation theory for intermolecular forces : application to some adsorption models . https://web.archive.org/web/20230331060257/https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/perturbation-theory-for-intermolecular-forces-application-to-some . Eindhoven University of Technology . 1968. 10.6100/IR116131 . 31 March 2023 . Avoird . A Van Der .
  3. Web site: Een lintjesregen in de zon . Dutch . Vox . 25 April 2014 . 19 August 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103235/http://www.voxweb.nl/een-lintjesregen-in-de-zon/ . 4 March 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
  4. Web site: Molecular rings mystery solved after 20 years . https://web.archive.org/web/20151012032745/https://phys.org/news/2013-04-molecular-mystery-years.html . . 16 April 2013 . 12 October 2015.
  5. Web site: Scientists decode molecule dynamics of benzene double molecule . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923214128/https://www.desy.de/news/@@news-view?id=5161&lang=eng . DESY . 6 May 2013 . 23 September 2015.
  6. Web site: Vier Koninklijke onderscheidingen voor de fysica . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924014229/http://www.fom.nl/live/nieuws/archief_persberichten/persberichten2014/artikel.pag?objectnumber=262238 . dead . Dutch . Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie . 28 April 2014 . 24 September 2015.
  7. Web site: Ad van der Avoird . Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences . 19 August 2015 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050958/https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/members/3813 . dead .

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