Frank A. Weinhold | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 18, 1941 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Chemist, academic and author |
| Academic background | |
| Education | BA., Chemistry AM., Physical Chemistry PhD., Physical Chemistry |
| Alma mater | University of Colorado-Boulder University of Freiburg Harvard University |
| Thesis | Reduced Density Matrices of Atoms and Molecules (1967) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Stanford University University of Wisconsin–Madison |
Frank A. Weinhold is an American chemist, academic and author. He is an Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[1]
Weinhold is best known for the development of natural bond orbital methods and associated applications in physical and computational quantum chemistry.[2] He has authored and co-authored over 200 software packages and technical publications along with several books including Valency and Bonding: A Natural Bond Orbital Donor-Acceptor Perspective, Classical and Geometrical Theory of Chemical and Phase Thermodynamics and Discovering Chemistry with Natural Bond Orbitals. His accolades include Alfred P. Sloan Award (1970),[3] Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (1972),[4] Lise Meitner-Minerva Lectureship Award for Computational Quantum Chemistry from Technion and Hebrew University (2007),[5] and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Rostock (2011).[6]
Weinhold is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[7] He served on the Honorary Editorial Advisory Boards of the International Journal of Quantum Chemistry and the Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry.[8]