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Biographical Sketch<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
  • Lic. Phys. (M.Sc.), University of Cuyo, Bariloche, Argentina, 1962<\/li>\n
  • Fil. Lic. (Ph.D.), University of Uppsala, Sweden, 1965<\/li>\n
  • Fil. Doktor (D.Sc.), University of Uppsala, Sweden, 1966<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Professional Record<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Appointments<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
    • Research Associate, Quantum Chemistry Group, University of Uppsala, Sweden, November 1965-January 1966<\/li>\n
    • Research Associate, Theoretical Chemistry Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, May 1966-July 1967<\/li>\n
    • Assistant Research Physicist, Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences and Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego (La Jolla), August 1967-August 1969<\/li>\n
    • Associate Professor of Chemistry and Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, September 1969-June 1974<\/li>\n
    • Professor of Chemistry and Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, July 1974-December 2007<\/li>\n
    • Emeritus and Adjunct Professor of Chemistry and Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, January 2008-present<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Visiting professorship and scientist positions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      • Visiting Research Associate, Department of Physics, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, March-April 1966<\/li>\n
      • Visiting Lamberg Professor, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, July-December 1970<\/li>\n
      • Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry and College Observatory, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, September-December 1972<\/li>\n
      • Visiting Professor, Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, July-September 1973<\/li>\n
      • Von Humboldt Senior Scientist Awardee, Max-Planck Inst. Fur Stroemungsforschung, Goettingen, West Germany, July-December 1976<\/li>\n
      • Visiting Professor, Quantum Chemistry Department, Uppsala University, Sweden, January-April 1977<\/li>\n
      • Visiting Professor, Physics Department, Imperial College, London, England, April-July 1977<\/li>\n
      • Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck Inst. Fur Stroemungsforschung, Goettingen, West Germany, September 1980<\/li>\n
      • Visiting Research Physicist, Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, August-November 1982<\/li>\n
      • Visiting Fellow, JILA and University of Colorado, Boulder, January-June 1983<\/li>\n
      • Visiting Professor, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, July-September 1983<\/li>\n
      • Faculty Research Participant, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, June-July 1984<\/li>\n
      • Visiting Scientist, Quantum Chemistry Department, Uppsala University, July-August 1986<\/li>\n
      • Visiting Professor, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 1988, and May, 1995.<\/li>\n
      • Visiting Scientist, Institute for Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics, Harvard University, August-December, 1990.<\/li>\n
      • Visiting Scientist, Chemistry Department and Supercomputer Computations Research Institute, Florida State University, January-May, 1991.<\/li>\n
      • von Humboldt Foundation Visiting Professor, Max Planck Institute fur Astrophysik, Munich, and Max Planck Institute fur Stroemungsforschung, Goettingen, Germany, May-July, 1996, and May-June, 1997.<\/li>\n
      • Visiting Scientist Fellowship, Institute for Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics, Harvard University- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, June-August 1998; April-July 2000.<\/li>\n
      • Visiting Scientist, Chemistry Department, Ecole Normal Superieur, Paris, France, May 2004, May 2005, May 2008.<\/li>\n
      • Visiting scientist, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA, May 2009<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Membership in Professional Societies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
        • American Physical Society (Fellow)<\/li>\n
        • American Chemical Society<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Membership in Honorary Societies and Other Honors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
          • Fellowship, Swedish International Development Agency, 1962-65<\/li>\n
          • Member, Society of the Sigma Xi, 1966<\/li>\n
          • Docent, University of Uppsala, 1968<\/li>\n
          • Fellow, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1971-74<\/li>\n
          • Visiting Lamberg Professor, University of Gothenburg, 1971<\/li>\n
          • U.S. Senior Scientist Award, A. Von Humboldt Foundation, W. Germany, 1976, and 1996<\/li>\n
          • Fellow, American Physical Society, 1976<\/li>\n
          • J.I.L.A. Fellow, National Bureau of Standards, 1983<\/li>\n
          • Sigma Xi Senior Faculty Research Award, University of Florida, 1985<\/li>\n
          • Listed in “American Men and Women of Science” (Reed Publ. Co, 1992) and following ones.<\/li>\n
          • Listed in Who-is-Who in Science and Engineering, 2nd and later editions (Marquis, 1993).<\/li>\n
          • Listed in Who-is-Who in America, 49th and later editions (Marquis, 1995)<\/li>\n
          • University of Florida Teaching Award, 1996-97<\/li>\n
          • University of Florida Award to Outstanding Faculty, 1999.<\/li>\n
          • Dreyfus Foundation Mentors Award, 2008<\/li>\n
          • Promoted to Jubeldoktor (Jubilee Doctor) by Uppsala University, Sweden, 2016.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            Research Funding<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
            • Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation Grants, 1971-2014<\/li>\n
            • Principal Investigator, American Chemical Society – Petroleum Research Fund, Grant, 1969-72<\/li>\n
            • Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, 1971-73; extended to 1973-75<\/li>\n
            • NATO Research Collaboration Grant, 1976-82<\/li>\n
            • Oak Ridge Participation Contract, 1977-86<\/li>\n
            • National Resource for Computation in Chemistry, 1978-80<\/li>\n
            • A. Von Humboldt Foundation Senior Scientist Award, 1976-77<\/li>\n
            • Co-Principal Investigator, NASA, 1981-83<\/li>\n
            • Co-Principal Investigator, Office of Naval Research Chemistry Division, 1993-2000<\/li>\n
            • Dreyfus Foundation, Mentors Award, 2008-10<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

              Present Research Interests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
              • Optical properties and photoconductivity in semiconductors using density operator and electronic structure methods<\/li>\n
              • Energy and electron transfer, and light emission-absorption at solid surfaces<\/li>\n
              • Dissipative dynamics of molecular systems and materials using density operator theory<\/li>\n
              • Energy transfer, electron transfer, light emission, and reactions in gas phase collisions<\/li>\n
              • Molecular photodissociation, and photodesorption from surfaces<\/li>\n
              • Dynamics of atomic clusters<\/li>\n
              • Intermolecular forces<\/li>\n
              • Few- and many-body theory of atomic collisions<\/li>\n
              • Time-dependent molecular orbital theory and many-electron theory<\/li>\n
              • Computational methods of molecular scattering and electronic structure<\/li>\n
              • Computational methods for the molecular dynamics of extended systems<\/li>\n
              • Visualization and animation of molecular phenomena<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                Professional Activities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
                • Director, Center for Chemical Physics, UF, 1982-91<\/li>\n
                • Center for Chemical Physics Committee, UF, 1991-2002<\/li>\n
                • Member of the Advisory Editorial Board, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 1979-1988.<\/li>\n
                • Member, Editorial Board, “Few-Body Systems” (Acta Physica Austriaca), 1985-present.<\/li>\n
                • Vice-chairman and Chairman, American Physical Society Topical Group on Few-body Systems and Multiparticle Dynamics, 1986-89.<\/li>\n
                • Editor, Plenum Publishing Corp. Book Series on “Finite Systems and Multiparticle Dynamics”, 1990-2005.<\/li>\n
                • Co-organizer, “Sanibel Symposium on Theory and Computation for the Molecular and Materials Sciences”, Univ. of Florida, 1985-present.<\/li>\n
                • Organizer, “US-Latin American Workshop on Theoretical and Computational Aspects of Molecular and Materials Sciences”, Univ. of Florida, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2001; Cuernavaca, Mexico, 1999, 2003, 2007.<\/li>\n
                • Head, Division of Physical Chemistry, Chemistry Department, Univ. of Florida, 1999-2005<\/li>\n
                • Co-organizer, Paris Workshop on the Quantum Dynamics of Complex Molecular Systems, 2005, 2007.<\/li>\n
                • Co-organizer, IMA, Univ. of Minnesota workshop on Coherence, Control, and Dissipation, March 2009<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-22","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/Micha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/Micha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/Micha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/Micha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/Micha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/Micha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/Micha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions\/283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/Micha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}