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]
References
- "Troy Van Voorhis". mit.edu. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
- The Northerner North Central High School, 1994
- "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. doi:10.1063/1.476577.
- "Troy Van Voorhis". mit.edu. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
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