David M. Leitner is an American chemist currently Professor at University of Nevada, Reno [1] and an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. [2]
He earned his B.S. at Cornell University in 1985 and then his Ph.D at University of Chicago in 1989 under R. Stephen Berry. [3]
His interests are energy-molecule relations and his highest paper is An extended dynamical hydration shell around proteins, [4] according to Google Scholar. [5]