Michael L. Klein Explained

Michael L. Klein
Birth Name:Michael Lawrence Klein
Birth Date:1940 3, df=yes
Birth Place:London, England, United Kingdom
Citizenship:United Kingdom
United States
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:University of Bristol (BSc, PhD)

Michael Lawrence Klein (born March 13, 1940, in London, England)[1] is Laura H. Carnell Professor of Science[2] and director of the Institute for Computational Molecular Science[3] in the college of science and technology at Temple University in Philadelphia, US. He was previously the Hepburn Professor of Physical Science in the Center for Molecular Modeling at the University of Pennsylvania.[4]

Education and early life

Klein, a British native, was naturalized in the United States in 1993. Klein obtained a B.Sc. from the University of Bristol in 1961, followed by a Ph.D. in 1964.[5] His research career includes the fields of chemistry and physics. Klein was a CIBA-Geigy Research Fellow of Physics at the University of Genoa in Italy from 1964-1965. Then went on to complete his chemistry research as an ICI Research Fellow at the University of Bristol from 1965-1967. His education and career then moved to the United States in 1967 where he served as a Research Associate of Physics at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

Career

Klein was a researcher at the National Research Council of Canada from 1968-1987 and joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania in 1987. Klein's research in computational chemistry, particularly statistical mechanics, intermolecular interactions, and modeling of condensed phases and biophysical systems, is among the most highly cited in the field.[6] He received the Aneesur Rahman prize in 1999, which is the highest honor given by the American Physical Societyfor work in computational physics, and was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 2009.[7]

Research

Klein has advanced the field of computer simulation and modelling of molecular systems over a broad front. His early works focused on developing pragmatic intermolecular force fields to be used in computer simulation Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of molecular systems, such as water and aqueous solutions. During the 1980s and early 1990s, his group developed and elaborated algorithms and methodologies to enable the efficient and rigorous computer simulation of macromolecular systems. These seminal works have been influential and are very highly cited because of their broad utility. Every modern MD simulation code employs these algorithms in one form or other. Thus, modern molecular simulation studies of chemical systems ranging from surfactants to proteins and from lipid membranes to energy materials - including solid electrolyte fuel cells, and so-called “green” ionic liquids - take advantage of these algorithms. His pioneering simulation studies of surfactants, lipid membranes, and membrane-bound ion channels are noteworthy.[8]

ISI ratings

Google Scholar lists more than 1,200 items (publications, abstracts, & reports), of which 697 have 10 or more citations each. Hirsch Index, h-index = 124. Total Citations are almost 108,000, increasing by about 7,000/year. His publication on Classical Monte Carlo simulations in The Journal of chemical physics has been cited over 35,000 times.[9]

Awards and honors

Memberships

Other awards and honors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: science.ca Profile . 2009-02-21.
  2. Web site: Temple Chemistry Faculty: Michael Klein . https://archive.today/20100527173524/http://www.temple.edu/chemistry/directory/faculty/Klein/DrKlein.asp . dead . 27 May 2010.
  3. Web site: Home. 19 May 2022. College of Science and Technology.
  4. Web site: Penn Chemistry: Faculty . 2009-02-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090302172251/http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/research/faculty.php?id=24 . 2009-03-02 .
  5. Web site: Klein . 2022-08-16 . Temple University Department of Chemistry . en.
  6. http://hcr3.isiknowledge.com/author.cgi?&link1=Search&link2=Search%20Results&AuthLastName=klein%20&AuthFirstName=michael&AuthMiddleName=&AuthMailnstName=&CountryID=-1&DisciplineID=0&id=97 ISI Highly Cited
  7. Web site: National Academy of Sciences. nas.nasonline.org.
  8. Web site: Academy of Europe: Klein Michael . 2022-08-16 . www.ae-info.org.
  9. Web site: Michael L Klein . 2022-08-11 . scholar.google.com.
  10. Web site: Honorary Fellows . Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research.
  11. Web site: 2015 AAAS Fellows Recognized for Contributions to Advancing Science American Association for the Advancement of Science . 2022-08-16 . www.aaas.org . en.
  12. Web site: Honorary Fellows . 2022-08-16 . Trinity College Cambridge . en-GB.
  13. Web site: Broadwith2009-06-12T16:45:00+01:00 . Phillip . UK chemists must take control . 2022-08-16 . Chemistry World . en.
  14. Web site: Honorary Fellows – Chemical Research Society of India . 2022-08-16 . en.
  15. Web site: Awards . 2022-08-16 . EFRC CCM . en-US.
  16. Web site: Fellowship . Indian Academy of Sciences.
  17. Web site: MRSI Newsletter . Materials Research Society of India . 14.
  18. Web site: Klein, Michael Lawrence . 2022-08-16 . TWAS . en.
  19. Web site: Michael Klein . 2022-08-16 . royalsociety.org.
  20. Web site: Michael Lawrence Klein . 2022-08-16 . American Academy of Arts & Sciences . en.
  21. Web site: APS Fellow Archive . 2022-08-16 . www.aps.org . en.
  22. Web site: 2013-02-12 . Michael Klein elected honorary fellow of Trinity College at Cambridge . 2022-08-16 . Temple Now news.temple.edu.
  23. Web site: Member Directory The Royal Society of Canada . 2022-08-16 . rsc-src.ca.
  24. Web site: Michael L. Klein wins prestigious John Scott Award . 14 December 2021 . 9 January 2022 . Temple University.
  25. Web site: Graduation 2017 - Graduation - University of St Andrews . 2022-08-17 . archive.st-andrews.ac.uk.
  26. Web site: Raman Chair About IASc Indian Academy of Sciences . 2022-08-17 . www.ias.ac.in.
  27. Web site: TWAS Medal Lectures 2013 announced . 2022-08-17 . TWAS . 19 October 2012 . en.
  28. Web site: S F Boys - A Rahman Award . 2022-08-17 . Royal Society of Chemistry . en-GB.
  29. Web site: Past Recipients . 2022-08-17 . American Chemical Society . en.
  30. Web site: ISIS The Greg Watson Lecture, 2008 . 2022-08-17 . www.isis.stfc.ac.uk.
  31. Web site: CECAM - award_details . 2022-08-17 . www.cecam.org.
  32. Web site: Prize Recipient . 2022-08-17 . www.aps.org . en.

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