Troy Van Voorhis

Troy Andrew Van Voorhis (born January 22, 1976) is an American chemist currently the Haslam and Dewey Professor of Chemistry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1]

Early life and education

Van Voorhis graduated from North Central High School, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1994.[2]

He graduated with a B.A. from Rice University in 1997.[3] 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).[4] He went on to pursue a Ph.D. in theoretical chemistry under Martin Head-Gordon at the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 2001.[5]

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References
  1. "Troy Van Voorhis". mit.edu. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  2. The Northerner North Central High School, 1994
  3. "Troy Van Voorhis". mit.edu. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  4. 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. doi:10.1063/1.476577.
  5. "Troy Van Voorhis". mit.edu. Retrieved November 14, 2017.


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