Troy Van Voorhis

Troy A. Van Voorhis
Troy A. Van Voorhis
Born	January 22, 1976
Education	Rice University; University of California, Berkeley
	Scientific career
Institutions	MIT
Doctoral advisor	Martin Head-Gordon
Other academic advisors	Gustavo Scuseria; Eric J. Heller; David R. Reichman
Website	vanvoorhisgroup.mit.edu

Troy A. Van Voorhis (born 1976) is an American chemist. He is currently the Haslam and Dewey Professor of Chemistry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1]

Early life and education

Troy Van Voorhis graduated from North Central High School, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1994. He graduated with a B.A. from Rice University in 1997.[1] While at Rice, Van Voorhis conducted research under Gus Scuseria, notably developing the first practical implementation of a Meta-GGA in Density Functional Theory (DFT).[2] He went on to pursue a Ph.D. in theoretical chemistry under Martin Head-Gordon at the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 2001.[3] He went on to Harvard University for postdoctoral research with Eric J. Heller and David R. Reichman. In 2003, he joined the department of chemistry at MIT as a faculty member and was promoted to full professor in 2012. Since 2019, he has been the head of the department of chemistry at MIT.[4]

Besides scientific research, he has made numerous videos with the Veritas Forum, in which he discusses his belief that science and religion are not in conflict.[5]

References

"Troy Van Voorhis". mit.edu. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
Van Voorhis, Troy; Scuseria, Gustavo E. (1998). "A novel form for the exchange-correlation energy functional". The Journal of Chemical Physics. American Institute of Physics. 109 (2): 400–410. Bibcode:1998JChPh.109..400V. doi:10.1063/1.476577.
"Troy Van Voorhis". mit.edu. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
"Troy Van Voorhis named head of the Department of Chemistry". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2022-04-15.

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[MIT-1] "Troy Van Voorhis". mit.edu. Retrieved April 30, 2017.

[2] Van Voorhis, Troy; Scuseria, Gustavo E. (1998). "A novel form for the exchange-correlation energy functional". The Journal of Chemical Physics. American Institute of Physics. 109 (2): 400–410. Bibcode:1998JChPh.109..400V. doi:10.1063/1.476577.

[3] "Troy Van Voorhis". mit.edu. Retrieved November 14, 2017.

[4] "Troy Van Voorhis named head of the Department of Chemistry". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2022-04-15.