Raphael David Levine (; born March 29, 1938) is an Israeli

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who is a professor at the

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, and the Department of

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and

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and the Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging of the

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Biography

Raphael David Levine was born on March 29, 1938, in

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Academic career

He is the Max Born professor of

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at the

and a distinguished professor at the

. He is known for his contributions in the modern theory of chemically reactive collisions and

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s. He has played a major role in the application of the principles of quantum mechanics to the description of physical change in a reaction from a microscopic point of view, introducing many new concepts and terms which became standard to this area. His major works include the quantum theory of absolute rates, the first quantal treatment of molecular photodissociation, elucidation of the role of resonances in reactive molecular collisions, the theory of collision- induced dissociation, and the foundations of dynamical stereochemistry. He is a member of

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, the

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, and

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of the United States. He has honorary doctorates from Liege University, 1991 and the Technical University of Munich 1996. His 2005 book, "Molecular Reaction Dynamics", Cambridge University Press, was selected by Choice as 'Outstanding Academic Title 2006'.

Awards and recognition

* 1968: Annual Prize of the Academy. * 1974:

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, in exact science. * 1979: Weizmann Prize. * 1988: he was awarded the

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along with

Joshua Jortner Joshua Jortner (; March 14, 1933) is an Israeli physical chemist. He is a professor emeritus at the School of Chemistry, The Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv, Israel. Birth and education Jortner was born on Ma ...

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"for their incisive theoretical studies elucidating energy acquisition and disposal in molecular systems and mechanisms for dynamical selectivity and specificity".The Wolf Prize in Chemistry
/ref> * 1992: Rothschild Prize. * 1996: Max Planck Prize for International Cooperation * 2001: EMET Prize

References

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Biography

Academic career

Awards and recognition

See also

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