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'''David Edwin Logan''' (born 27 August 1956) is a Northern Irish chemist, and has been Coulson Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at the [[Organization:University of Oxford|University of Oxford]] since 2005.

==Early life==
He went to Gilnahirk Primary School<ref>[http://www.gilnahirkps.org.uk Gilnahirk]</ref> in east [[Place:Belfast|Belfast]]. He attended the grammar school Sullivan Upper School in Holywood, County Down.

Originally reading Philosophy at Trinity College, Cambridge he quickly changed to the Natural Science Tripos,<ref>[http://www.ch.cam.ac.uk Chemistry]</ref> gaining a BA in 1978, and a PhD in 1982 in [[Chemistry:Theoretical chemistry|Theoretical Chemistry]]. From 1982-86 he was a Junior Research Fellow at Christ's College, Cambridge.

==Career==

===University of Oxford===
From 1986 he worked at the University of Oxford. From 1986-2005 he was Waters Fellow at [[Organization:Balliol College, Oxford|Balliol College, Oxford]]. From 1996-2005 he had the Title of Distinction of professor of chemistry. In 1996 he spent time at the Theory Division of the [[Physics:Institut Laue–Langevin|Institut Laue–Langevin]] in Grenoble.

From the [[Organization:Royal Society of Chemistry|Royal Society of Chemistry]] he was awarded the Marlow Medal and Prize in 1990.

He is based in the Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory on South Parks Road in Oxford and is responsible for the Theoretical Chemistry Group.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/tcg/index.html |title=Theoretical Chemistry |access-date=27 November 2012 |archive-date=27 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927165004/http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/tcg/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He is a professorial fellow of [[Organization:University College, Oxford|University College, Oxford]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=David Logan - University College Oxford David Logan|url=https://www.univ.ox.ac.uk/academics/david-logan/|access-date=2020-12-16|website=University College Oxford|language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Personal life==
He married Philippa Walmsley in 1981 and they have two sons and two daughters.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://research.chem.ox.ac.uk/david-logan.aspx University of Oxford] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506054624/http://research.chem.ox.ac.uk/david-logan.aspx |date=6 May 2012 }}

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