Martin Head-Gordon Explained

Martin Head-Gordon
Birth Name:Martin Philip Head
Birth Date:17 March 1962
Nationality:Australian
Spouse:Teresa Head-Gordon
Fields:Theoretical chemistry
Quantum chemistry
Computational chemistry
Work Institutions:University of California, Berkeley
Alma Mater:Monash University (BSc, MSc)
Carnegie Mellon University (PhD)
Thesis Title:Direct ab initio molecular orbital methods for the study of large molecules
Thesis Url:https://www.proquest.com/docview/303682558/
Thesis Year:1989
Doctoral Advisor:John Pople
Doctoral Students:Troy Van Voorhis
Prizes:Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2015)
Notable Students:Post-docs:
Known For:Q-Chem

Martin Philip Head-Gordon ( Martin Philip Head) is a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory working in the area of computational quantum chemistry. He is a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.[1] [2]

Education

A native of Australia, Head-Gordon received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from Monash University, followed by a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University[1] working under the supervision of John Pople developing a number of useful techniques including the Head-Gordon-Pople scheme for the evaluation of integrals,[3] and the orbital rotation picture of orbital optimization.

Career and research

At Berkeley,[4] Martin 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. Broadly speaking, wavefunction based methods are the focus of his research. Head-Gordon is one of the founders of Q-Chem Inc.

Awards and honors

In 2015, Head-Gordon was elected a Member of the National Academy of Sciences.[5] [6]

References

  1. Web site: International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science. www.iaqms.org.
  2. Gabrielsen. Paul. QnAs with Martin Head-Gordon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115. 8. 2018. 1670–1671. 0027-8424. 10.1073/pnas.1721205115. 29432150 . 5828634 . 2018PNAS..115.1670G . free.
  3. Head-Gordon. Martin. Pople. John A.. A method for two-electron Gaussian integral and integral derivative evaluation using recurrence relations. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 89. 9. 1988. 5777–5786. 0021-9606. 10.1063/1.455553. 1988JChPh..89.5777H.
  4. Web site: The Head-Gordon Group. berkeley.edu. The Head-Gordon Group.
  5. Web site: Martin Head-Gordon. Anon. nasonline.org. 2013.
  6. Web site: April 28, 2015: NAS Members and Foreign Associates Elected . 2015-11-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151120211335/http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/news/april-28-2015-NAS-Election.html . 2015-11-20 .