Donald Truhlar

Principal Research Interests

Principle research interests include:

   theoretical and computational chemistry, simulation and modeling:
        algorithms, methods
        quantum photochemistry
        reaction rates
        solvation
        nanoparticles
        Earth and planetary sciences
        environmental chemistry
        biochemistry, drug design, neurochemistry
        combustion chemistry
        catalysis
        quantum effects, tunneling, path integrals, transition state theory
        potential energy surfaces
        density functional theory

Honors and Awards

    Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, 2016
    Council of Graduate Students Outstanding Advising and Mentoring Award, 2015-2016
    Honorary Fellow of the Chinese Chemical Society, 2015
    Fellow of American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 2015
    Council of Graduate Students Outstanding Faculty Award, 2015
    American Physical Society Outstanding Referee of the Physical Review and Physical Review Letters, 2015
    Computational Chemical Dynamics: A Symposium in Honor of Donald Truhlar, American Chemical Society, 2015
    Outstanding Referee of the Physical Review and Physical Review Letters, 2014
    Outstanding Adviser Award of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, 2013
    International Symposium on Organic Reaction Mechanism: A Celebration in Honor of Bob Grubbs, Ken Houk, Paul Schleyer and Don Truhlar, Shenzhen, China, 2013
    Royal Society of Chemistry Chemical Dynamics Award, 2012
    Distinguished Alumnus Award, St. Mary’s University of Minnnesota, 2011
    Doctor honoris causa of Technical University of Lodz, Poland, 2010
    Elected to Fellowship in the American Chemical Society, 2009
    Elected to the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 2009
    Named a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FSRC), 2009
    Dudley R. Herschbach Award for Excellence in Research in Collision Dynamics, 2009
    Elected to the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science, 2006
    Schrödinger Medal of The World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists, 2006
    Lise Meitner Lectureship Award, 2006
    American Chemical Society Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry, 2006
    Festschrift Issue, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2006
    University of Minnesota Inventor Recognition Award, 2005
    National Academy of Sciences Award for Scientific Reviewing, 2004
    Minnesota Award, 2003
    American Chemical Society Award for Computers in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research, 2000
    George Taylor/Institute of Technology Alumni Society Distinguished Service Award, 1998
    Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1994
    NSF Creativity Award, 1993
    Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1986
    Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship, 1973

Selected Major Lectureships

    Davis Lecturer, University of South Carolina, 2012
    McElvain Lecturer, University of Wisconsin, 2011
    Kenneth Wiberg Honorary lecturer, Yale University, 2011
    Milton Kahn Lectureship in Chemistry, University of New Mexico, 2009
    Davidson Lectures, University of North Texas, 2009
    Moses Gomberg Lecture, University of Michigan, 2009
    Troisième Cycle Lecturer, Conference Universitaire de Suisse Occidentale, 2008
    Max T. Rogers Distinguished Lectureship, Michigan State University, 2008
    Neckers Lecturer, Southern Illinois University, 2006
    Washburn Lecturer, University of Nebraska, 2005
    Martin and Mary Kilpatrick Lecturer, Illinois Institute of Technology
    Faraday Discussion Nonadiabatic Effects in Chemical Dynamics, Introductory Lecturer, 2004
    Mulliken Lectureship, University of Georgia, 2003
    Frontiers In Chemical Research Lectureship, Texas A & M University, 2003
    C. A. McDowell Lecture in Chemical Physics, British Columbia University, 2000
    American Physical Society Centennial Lecturer, 1999
    Faraday Discussion Chemical Reaction Theory, summarizing lecturer, 1998
    Distinguished Lectureship, Louisiana State University, 1996
    Arthur William Davidson Lectureship, University of Kansas, 1991
    Featured Lecturer, Regional Symposium on Chemical Physics, Waterloo, Canada, Oct. 27, 1990
    DuPont Distinguished Lecturer, University of Indiana, 1990