Rodney J. Bartlett
Rodney J. Bartlett
BACKGROUND
Rodney J. Bartlett pioneered the development of coupled-cluster theory and its many-body perturbation theory approximations, that today, offer the best, ab initio, solution for the electron correlation problem in molecules. The rationale for these many-body methods is correct scaling with the number of electrons—size-extensivity— a concept he introduced. His work has been recognized by the ACS Award in Theoretical Chemistry, (2007), the Schrodinger Medal of WATOC (2008), and the Boys-Rahman award of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2009). His h-index is 109.
EDUCATION
Millsaps College, B.S. 1966. Chemistry and Mathematics (double major)
University of Florida, Ph.D. 1971, Quantum Chemistry
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
Graduate Research Professor, University of Florida, 1988–present
Professor of Chemistry and Physics, University of Florida, 1981–1987
Guggenheim Fellow, Harvard University, University of California at Berkeley, 1986– 1987
Visiting Scientist, Max Planck Institut für Astrophysik, Garching bei München, Germany, 1983
Group Leader, Chemical Physics, Battelle Memorial Institute, 1979–1981
Senior Research Scientist, Battelle Memorial Institute, 1977–1979
Senior Research Scientist, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratory, 1976–1977
Principal Research Scientist, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratory 1974–1976
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Washington State University, 1975–1977
Associate Research Scientist, The Johns Hopkins University, 1972–1974
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Aarhus University, Denmark, 1971–1972
IBM Predoctoral Fellow, University of Florida, 1969–1971 NDEA Title IV Predoctoral Fellow, University of Florida, 1966–1969
HONORS & AWARD
The American Chemical Society (ACS) award in Theoretical Chemistry (2007)
The Schroedinger Medal of the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists (WATOC) (2008)
The Boys-Rahman Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) (2009)
The Southern Chemist of the Year (2010), Memphis section of the ACS
Humboldt Research Award (2014)
Honoree, 7th Molecular Quantum Mechanics – Electron Correlation: The Many-Body Problem at the Heart of Chemistry, an international conference in honor of Rodney J. Bartlett, Lugano. Switzerland, June 2013
The Florida ACS Award (2000)
Doctor Honoris Causa, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia, October 2012
The Florida ACS Award (2000)
Symposium in honor of RJB, 235th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA 2008
FELLOWSHIPS
Fellow, International Academy of Quantum Moelcular Sciences, 1991
Fellow, American Chemical Society, 2010
Fellow, American Physical Society, 1989
Fellow, Guggenheim Foundation, 1986
E.T.S. Walton Fellow, Science Foundation Ireland, University College Cork,
Cork, Ireland, 2003
CONSULTATION OUTSIDE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
Advisory Board, Institute for Advanced Study, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand, (2007 – )
Advisory Board, Tyndall Research Institute, Cork, Ireland (2006 – ) Advisory Board, College of Science Engineering and Technology, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS (2006 – )
National Science Foundation, Small Business Innovation Research Program, Peer Review Panel, September 1997
Advisory Board, Maui High Performance Computing Center (1995–)
Advisory Board, Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratory’s Molecular Center (1986– 1988).
Senior Affiliate Scientist, Pacific Northwest Laboratory (1989–1992).
External Examiner for Doctor of Science Degree, Åarhus University, Åarhus, Denmark External Examiner for PhD, Guelph-Waterloo Graduate Center, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
EDITORIAL POSITIONS
Editorial Board, Molecular Physics, 1999-present
Board, Molecular Physics, 1992-1998
Editorial Board, Journal of Chemical Physics, 1990–1992
Advisory Board, Theoretica Chimica Acta, 1987–1997, Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, 1997– present
Editorial Board, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 1985–1989
OTHER ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS
Chairman, Subdivision of Theoretical Chemistry, ACS, 1985
Chairman-Elect, Subdivision of Theoretical Chemistry, ACS, 1984