Biography:Ad van der Avoird

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Short description: Dutch theoretical chemist

Ad van der Avoird (born 19 April 1943) is a Dutch theoretical chemist. He was professor of theoretical chemistry at the Radboud University Nijmegen.

Education and career

Van der Avoird was born on 19 April 1943 in Eindhoven.[1] He studied at Eindhoven University of Technology, obtaining his PhD under George Schuit in 1968 with a thesis titled: "Perturbation theory for intermolecular forces : application to some adsorption models".[2] He was professor of theoretical chemistry at the Radboud University Nijmegen and took up emeritus status in 2008 although he kept working.[3] In 2013 Van der Avoird provided a theory on the relation between two benzene rings and their possible motion, the discovery was published with Gerard Meijer and a German research team in a paper in Angewandte Chemie.[4][5] The model solved a decade old scientific issue.[6]

Honors and awards

On 25 April 2014 he was made a Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion, one of only fifteen appointees that year. Amongst other accomplishments he was given the honor for his model of benzene dimer.[6]

Van der Avoird became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1979.[7] He is also member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ad van der Avoird". International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science. http://www.iaqms.org/members/vdavoird.php. 
  2. ↑ "Perturbation theory for intermolecular forces : application to some adsorption models". Eindhoven University of Technology. https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/perturbation-theory-for-intermolecular-forces-application-to-some. 
  3. ↑ "Een lintjesregen in de zon" (in Dutch). Vox. 25 April 2014. http://www.voxweb.nl/een-lintjesregen-in-de-zon/. Retrieved 19 August 2015. 
  4. ↑ "Molecular rings mystery solved after 20 years". Phys.org. 16 April 2013. http://phys.org/news/2013-04-molecular-mystery-years.html. 
  5. ↑ "Scientists decode molecule dynamics of benzene double molecule". DESY. 6 May 2013. http://www.desy.de/news/@@news-view?id=5161&lang=eng. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Vier Koninklijke onderscheidingen voor de fysica" (in Dutch). Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie. 28 April 2014. http://www.fom.nl/live/nieuws/archief_persberichten/persberichten2014/artikel.pag?objectnumber=262238. 
  7. ↑ "Ad van der Avoird". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/members/3813. Retrieved 19 August 2015. 

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