Troy Van Voorhis

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Troy A. Van Voorhis
Born (1976-01-22) January 22, 1976 (age 47)
Education Rice University
University of California, Berkeley
Scientific career
Institutions MIT
Doctoral advisor Martin Head-Gordon
Other academic advisors Gustavo Scuseria
Eric J. Heller
David R. Reichman
Website vanvoorhisgroup.mit.edu

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

Early life and education

Troy Van Voorhis graduated from North Central High School, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1994. He graduated with a B.A. from Rice University in 1997. [1] While at Rice, Van Voorhis conducted research under Gus Scuseria, notably developing the first practical[ citation needed ] implementation of a Meta-GGA in Density Functional Theory (DFT). [2] He went on to pursue a Ph.D. in theoretical chemistry under Martin Head-Gordon at the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 2001. [3] He went on to Harvard University for postdoctoral research with Eric J. Heller and David R. Reichman. In 2003, he joined the department of chemistry at MIT as a faculty member and was promoted to full professor in 2012. Since 2019, he has been the head of the department of chemistry at MIT. [4]

Besides scientific research, he has made numerous videos with the Veritas Forum, in which he discusses his belief that science and religion are not in conflict. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Troy Van Voorhis". mit.edu. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  2. 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. Bibcode:1998JChPh.109..400V. doi:10.1063/1.476577.
  3. "Troy Van Voorhis". mit.edu. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  4. "Troy Van Voorhis named head of the Department of Chemistry". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. October 2019. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
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