Leo Radom

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Leo Radom

AC
Born (1944-12-13) 13 December 1944 (age 77)
NationalityAustralian
Alma mater University of Sydney
Scientific career
Fields Computational chemistry
Institutions Carnegie Mellon University
Australian National University
University of Sydney
Doctoral advisor Raymond Le Fèvre
Sever Sternhell
Other academic advisors John Pople

Leo Radom AC (born 13 December 1944) is a computational chemist and Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the University of Sydney. He attended North Sydney Boys High School. He has a PhD and a DSc from the University of Sydney and carried out postdoctoral research under the late Sir John Pople. [1] Previously, he was Professor at the Research School of Chemistry at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. He has published over 460 papers.

He is fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1988) [2] and in 2008 was awarded its Craig Medal for contributions of a high order to any branch of chemistry by active researchers. [3] He is a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science (1989). [4] Until 2011, he was President of the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists (WATOC) and organised the WATOC 2008 Conference in Sydney, Australia. [5] [6]

Awards and honours

In 2001, Radom was awarded the Centenary Medal "for service to Australian society and science in computational quantum chemistry". [7] In 2019, Radom was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia "for eminent service to science, particularly to computational chemistry, as an academic, author and mentor, and to international scientific bodies". [8]

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References

  1. Radom Group Homepage
  2. AAS List of members Archived 2007-02-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Craig Medal of the Australian Academy of Science Archived 2007-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
  4. International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science page on Leo Radom
  5. WATOC 2008 Archived 2008-09-14 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Watoc Home page
  7. "Professor Leo RADOM - Centenary Medal". Australian Honours Search Facility. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  8. "Emeritus Professor Leo RADOM - Companion of the Order of Australia". Australian Honours Search Facility. Retrieved 10 June 2019.