William L. Jorgensen

William L. Jorgensen
Born (1949-10-05) October 5, 1949 (age 75)
Alma materPrinceton University, Harvard University
Known forOPLS force field, TIPnP, FEP
Scientific career
FieldsComputational Chemistry
InstitutionsYale University
Doctoral advisorElias J. Corey

William L. Jorgensen (born October 5, 1949, New York) is a Sterling Professor of Chemistry at Yale University.[1] He is considered a pioneer in the field of computational chemistry. Some of his contributions include the TIP3P, TIP4P, and TIP5P water models, the OPLS force field, and his work on free-energy perturbation theory for modeling reactions in solution, protein-ligand binding, and drug design; he has over 450 publications in the field. Jorgensen was the Editor of the ACS Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation from its founding in 2005 until 2022.

  1. ^ "William L. Jorgensen Has Been Appointed as Sterling Professor of Chemistry". Yale University Office of Public Affairs. 2009-05-15. Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2009-06-14.