Donald Fleming (chemist)

Donald George Fleming (born November 7, 1938) is a Canadian chemist. He attended the University of British Columbia and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1961 and a Master of Science degree in 1961. He earned a Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley in 1967. He is currently a professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of British Columbia.[1][2] In 1989 he published a paper theorizing a new kind of chemical bond, which he referred to as vibrational bonding. The existence of such a short-lived bond was confirmed using a reaction between bromine and the exotic atom muonium in January 2015.[3][4] Fleming is also known for his work in utilizing muon beams in studies of physical chemical sciences.[5]

Donald Fleming
Born (1938-11-07) November 7, 1938
Canada
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia, University of California, Berkeley
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of British Columbia

References
  1. Directory of graduate research. 1979. ISBN 978-0-8412-0519-2.
  2. Reports of the President and of the Treasurer. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. 1983.
  3. "A new type of chemical bond has been confirmed – the vibrational bond". ZME Science. (January 29, 2015)
  4. Amy Nordrum (January 20, 2015). "Chemists Confirm the Existence of New Type of Bond". scientificamerican.com.
  5. "Prof. Donald Fleming named an APS Fellow of Chemical Physics". ubc.ca.


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