Leo Radom (born 13 December 1944) is an Australian computational chemist. He is a Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the

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. He attended

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. He has a PhD and a DSc from the

and carried out postdoctoral research under the late Sir

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. Previously, he was Professor at the Research School of Chemistry at the

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. He has published over 460 papers. He is

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(1988) and in 2008 was awarded its Craig Medal for contributions of a high order to any branch of chemistry by active researchers. He is a member of the

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(1989). Until 2011, he was President of the

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(WATOC) and organised the WATOC 2008 Conference in Sydney, Australia.Watoc Home page
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Awards and honours

In 2001, Radom was awarded the

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"for service to Australian society and science in computational quantum chemistry". In 2019, Radom was appointed a

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"for eminent service to science, particularly to computational chemistry, as an academic, author and mentor, and to international scientific bodies".

References

1944 births Australian chemists Living people Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science Members of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science People educated at North Sydney Boys High School Companions of the Order of Australia Schrödinger Medal recipients Computational chemists Presidents of the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists {{Australia-scientist-stub