Leo Radom

Leo Radom
Born (1944-12-13) 13 December 1944 (age 79)
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
Scientific career
FieldsComputational chemistry
InstitutionsCarnegie Mellon University
Australian National University
University of Sydney
Doctoral advisorRaymond Le Fèvre
Sever Sternhell
Other academic advisorsJohn Pople
Doctoral studentsPeter Gill

Leo Radom AC (born 13 December 1944) is a computational chemist and Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the University of Sydney. He attended North Sydney Boys High School. He has a PhD and a DSc from the University of Sydney and carried out postdoctoral research under the late Sir John Pople.[1] Previously, he was Professor at the Research School of Chemistry at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. He has published over 460 papers.

He is fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1988)[2] and in 2008 was awarded its Craig Medal for contributions of a high order to any branch of chemistry by active researchers.[3] He is a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science (1989).[4] Until 2011, he was President of the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists (WATOC) and organised the WATOC 2008 Conference in Sydney, Australia.[5][6]