Peter Kollman

Peter Andrew Kollman
Born(1944-07-24)July 24, 1944
Iowa City, Iowa
DiedMay 25, 2001(2001-05-25) (aged 56)
San Francisco, California
Alma materGrinnel College
Princeton University
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of California, San Francisco
ThesisA Theory of Anomalous Water: A cyclic, symmetrically bonded form of water and related species have a stability comparable to their liquids. (1970)
Doctoral advisorLeland C. Allen

Peter Andrew Kollman (July 24, 1944–May 25, 2001[1]) was a professor of chemistry and pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of California, San Francisco.

He is known for his work in computational chemistry, molecular modeling and bioinformatics, especially for his role in the development of the AMBER force field and molecular dynamics software package.[2]

  1. ^ Levitt, Michael; Daggett, Valerie (2001-08-01). "Peter Kollman". Nature Structural Biology. 8 (8): 662. doi:10.1038/90356. ISSN 1545-9985.
  2. ^ Bayly, Christopher I. (2001-10-01). "Peter A. Kollman, 1945–2001". Biophysical Journal. 81 (4): 2422. Bibcode:2001BpJ....81.2422B. doi:10.1016/S0006-3495(01)75889-4. ISSN 0006-3495.