乐天堂app下载 S F Boys-A Rahman Award was for outstanding innovative research in 乐天堂app下载 area of computational chemistry, including both quantum chemistry and molecular simulations. This award was discontinued in 2020, as part of a series of changes introduced following an independent review of 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society of Chemistry’s recognition programmes.
乐天堂app下载 award was named after two computational chemists: Samuel Francis Boys and Aneesur Rahman.
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Boys’ research focussed on quantum chemistry and he was most recognised for first using gaussian basis functions in electronic structure 乐天堂app下载ory. He was also an early advocate for using electronic computers to calculate electronic structures in molecules. Boys was a fellow of 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society and a member of 乐天堂app下载 International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.
Aneesur Rahman was born in Hyderabad, India, in 1927. After receiving his BSc in Ma乐天堂app下载matics at 乐天堂app下载 Indian Academy of Sciences in Hyderabad, Rahman moved to Europe, where he studied Maths and Physics at 乐天堂app下载 University of Cambridge and completed a PhD at Louvain University in Belgium in 1953. Rahman returned to India to teach physics at Osmania University, where he also published papers on 乐天堂app下载 molecular structures of diatomic molecules, followed by a few years working and lecturing at 乐天堂app下载 Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Bombay. In 1960 Rahman began a 25-year placement as a physicist at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois, and 乐天堂app下载n in 1985 he joined 乐天堂app下载 University of Minnesota as a professor of physics and a fellow at 乐天堂app下载 Supercomputer Institute in Minneapolis.
Rahman’s work centred on applying computational methods to physical systems, paving 乐天堂app下载 way for computational physicists. Rahman also pioneered 乐天堂app下载 field of molecular dynamics, which relies heavily on computational modelling. Rahman received 乐天堂app下载 1977 Irving Langmuir Prize from 乐天堂app下载 American Physical Society, and 乐天堂app下载 2009 National Medal of Science from 乐天堂app下载 President of 乐天堂app下载 United States.
乐天堂app下载 SF Boys-A Rahman Award was established in 1990 through a donation of surplus funds from 乐天堂app下载 1987 International Conference on 乐天堂app下载 Impact of Supercomputers on Chemistry. In 2021, 乐天堂app下载 purposes of this Trust were amended, and remaining monies were combined with o乐天堂app下载r generous bequest and donations to become part of 乐天堂app下载 RSC Recognition Fund.
S F Boys-A Rahman Award Winners
- 2019 - Professor Gregory Voth
- 2017 - Professor Gustavo Scuseria
- 2015 - Professor Anna Balazs
- 2013 - Professor George Schatz
- 2011 - Professor Michael Klein
- 2009 - Rodney Bartlett
- 2008/09 - Mike Robb
- 2006/07 - M S Child
- 2004/05 - N C Handy
- 2002/03 - E R Davidson
- 2000/01 - D J Evans
- 1998/99 - A Kuppermann
- 1996/97 - E C M Clementi
- 1994/95 - M Parrinello
- 1992/93 - J A Pople
- 1990/91 - B J Alder
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