Paul G. Mezey

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Paul G. Mezey is a Hungarian-Canadian mathematical chemist. He was the Canada Research Chair in Scientific Modeling and Simulation in the Department of Chemistry at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. [1] He retired from Memorial University in 2018.

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Biography

Mezey earned a Master's degrees in chemistry, a Ph.D. in Chemistry, and a Master's degree in mathematics, all from Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, in the years 1967, 1970, and 1972 respectively. From 1982 to 2003, he was a professor of chemistry and mathematics at the University of Saskatchewan, where he earned a D. Sc. in 1985 in mathematical chemistry. He was a faculty member at Memorial University from 2003 to 2018.

Mezey is editor in chief of the Journal of Mathematical Chemistry. [2]

Awards and honors

In 2003, Mezey received a Canada Research Chair; the chair was renewed for a second term 2010 and concluded in 2017. [3] [4] Mezey is a foreign member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. [5]

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References

  1. Canada Research Chairs website, retrieved 2018-09-07
  2. J. Math. Chem. web site, Springer, retrieved 2012-02-25.
  3. Paul Mezey renewed as Canada Research Chair, Meaghan Whelan, Memorial University, November 25, 2010, retrieved 2012-02-25.
  4. Chairholders: Paul G. Mezey, Canada Research Chair program, retrieved 2012-02-25.
  5. Members of Hungarian Academy of Sciences Archived 2012-02-18 at the Wayback Machine , retrieved 2012-02-25.