Mark S. Gordon

Mark S. Gordon
Born (1942-01-18) January 18, 1942 (age 82)
New York City
NationalityAmerican
Alma materRensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
Known forComputational methods in quantum chemistry
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical chemistry
Quantum chemistry
Computational chemistry
InstitutionsIowa State University
Doctoral advisorJohn Pople

Mark S. Gordon is a professor of chemistry at Iowa State University, and Ames Laboratory working in the area of computational quantum chemistry. He is a member of The International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.[1]

Mark Gordon received his B.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, followed by a PhD. from Carnegie Mellon[1] working under the supervision of John Pople, followed by a postdoctoral stint with Klaus Ruedenberg [de] at Iowa State University. He was on the faculty at North Dakota State University until 1993 when he moved to Iowa State University.

He is well known for his work with the GAMESS (US) quantum chemistry program.

  1. ^ a b "International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science | Gordon IAQMS page". iaqms.org. Archived from the original on February 13, 2021. Retrieved March 21, 2016.