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Kenneth M. Merz Jr. | |
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Born | 1959 | (age 65)
Education | Washington College (1977–1981)
The University of Texas at Austin (1981–1985) Cornell University (1986–1987) University of California, San Francisco (1987–1989) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Quantum Chemistry |
Institutions | Pennsylvania State University (1989–2005) University of Florida (2005–2013) Michigan State University (2013–present) |
Doctoral advisor | M. J. S. Dewar |
Kenneth M. Merz Jr. is an American biochemist and molecular biologist currently the Joseph Zichis Chair and a distinguished university professor at Michigan State University and editor-in-chief of American Chemical Society's Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling.[1][2][3][4][5] A highly cited expert in his field,[6] his research interests are in computational chemistry and biology and computer-aided drug design (CADD).[7][4] His group has been involved in developing the widely using AMBER suite of programs for simulating chemical and biological systems and the QUICK program for quantum chemical calculations.[8][9]