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Uzi Kaldor, D.Sc.
School of Chemistry Phone +972-3-6408590
Tel Aviv University Fax +972-3-6428273
69978 Tel Aviv kaldor@tau.ac.il
Israel http://www.tau.ac.il/~
kaldor
Born: |
1939, Tel Aviv, Israel |
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EDUCATION
|
School |
Field |
Degree |
Date |
1957-62 |
Hebrew University, Jerusalem |
Chemistry |
M.Sc. |
1962 |
1964-66 |
Technion, Haifa |
Quantum Chemistry |
D.Sc. |
1966 |
Title of Master's Thesis: |
Photochemistry of Ferrous Sulphate Solutions |
Name of Supervisor: |
Prof. J. Jortner |
Title of D.Sc. Dissertation: |
LCAO-SCF Computations for Small Molecules |
Name of Supervisor: |
Prof. I. Shavitt |
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
|
Institution |
Department |
Rank |
1966-68 |
Stanford University |
Chemistry |
Postdoctoral Assoc. |
1968-69 |
Tel Aviv University |
Chemistry |
Lecturer |
1969-72 |
Tel Aviv University |
Chemistry |
Senior Lecturer |
1973-80 |
Tel Aviv University |
Chemistry |
Associate Professor |
1976-80 |
Tel Aviv University |
Chemistry |
Department Chairman |
1980-2007 |
Tel Aviv University |
Chemistry |
Professor |
1995-2009 |
Tel Aviv University |
Emerico Letay Chair
in Quantum Chemistry |
2007- |
Tel Aviv University |
Chemistry |
Professor Emeritus |
Teaching in other Israeli Universities
Bar Ilan University, 1970.
Weizmann Institute of Science, 1972-1974.
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, 1970-1975.
Visiting
Centre European de Calcul Atomique et Moleculaire, CNRS, Orsay, France, 1971
The University of Southern California, Department of Chemistry, 1975-76
The Johns Hopkins University, Department of Chemistry, Summer 1987, 1988
The University of Florida, Quantum Theory Project, Summer 1990, 1991
University committees (partial list)
Alternate member, Subcommittee for Appointments and Promotions in Exact
Sciences and Engineering (1974-76)
Vice president, Faculty Internal Judgement System (1983-1987)
Member, Rules Committee of the Academic Senate
Member (1984) and Chairman (1985-88), University Graduate Committee
Director, Special Program for Excellence (1987-95)
Member (1988) and Chairman (1989-95), University Computer Committee
Member, University Appointments Committee (1995-97)
Member, University Equipment Committee (1997-99)
Member, University Committee for Honorary Degrees (2001-05)
National and International
Consultant, U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation, 1985-1997
Consultant, German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research, 1990-1993
Member (1982) and Chairman (1983-84), Committee for Chemistry, Basic
Research Foundation of the Israeli Academy of Science
Member of the Board and Director of Exact Sciences and Technology,
Israel Science Foundation, 1991-1996.
Member, Advisory Editorial Board, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry,
1992-1996.
Member of the Board, Clore Scholars Program, 1995-98.
Member, German-Israeli Minerva Fellowship Committee, 1996-2002.
Member of the Board, Inter-University Computation Center, 1995-2002.
Scientific Director, High Performance Computation Unit, IUCC, 1995-2001.
Member, Editorial Board, Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, 1997-2002.
Member, Israeli Council for Higher Education, 1997-2002.
Member, Advisory Editorial Board, International Journal of Molecular Science,
2001-06.
COST, 1998-2002: Member, PAMALOF Working Group (in D9).
COST, 2002-2006: Member, Management Committees, Actions D23 and D26; Coordinator,
HAMEC Working Group (in D26); member, DIRAC Working Group (in D23).
COST, 2006-2010: Member, Management Committee, Action D37.
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Physical Society
Division of Physical Chemistry, American Chemical Society
Israel Chemical Society
M.Sc. STUDENTS SUPERVISED
Name |
Title of Thesis |
S. Mukamel |
Absorption Spectrum of He Near 600Å. |
D. Kunik |
Applications of the Spin-Optimized SCF Method. |
S. Ben Shlomo |
Applications of the Coupled-Cluster Method. |
G. Jacoby |
High Sectors in the Coupled-Cluster Method. |
T. Kornblu |
Atomic and Molecular Applications of the Relativistic Fock-Space
Coupled Cluster Method. |
T. Zelovich |
Properties of Heavy Elements by the Relativistic Coupled
Cluster Method.
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DOCTORAL STUDENTS SUPERVISED
Name |
Title of Thesis |
G. Hose |
Application of Many-Body Perturbation Theory to Molecular Systems |
A. Klonover |
Electron- Molecule Scattering Calculations |
M. Berman |
Excited States of Rare-Gas Molecules |
S. Berkovic |
The Application of the Hilbert Space Coupled Cluster
Method to Molecules |
A. Landau |
Extensions of the Fock-Space Coupled Cluster, the
Intermediate Hamiltonian Approach: Theory and Applications. |
A. Borschevski |
Extension of the Intermediate Hamiltonian Fock Space
Coupled Cluster Method and Applications to Problems of Heavy and Superheavy
Elements. |
H. Yakobi |
Extensions of the Relativistic Multireference Coupled Cluster
Method and Applications to Properties Other than Energy. |
I. Itkin |
In progress
|
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
Peter S. Stern
Azizul Haque
S. R. Hughes
Ephraim Eliav (Ilyabaev)
Roman Gelfand
Leonid Baryudin
Miroslav Iliaš
PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
- 1967
- Slater Symposium on Quantum Chemistry, Sanibel Island, Florida.
- 1968
- Gordon Research Conference on Theoretical Chemistry, Crystal
Mountain, Washington, USA
- 1970
- Second International Conference on Atomic Physics, Oxford, England
- 1973
- International Conference on Computers in Chemistry, Ljubljana,
Yugoslavia
- 1974
- 5th Canadian Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry, Ottawa, Canada
- 1975
- First Chemical Congress of the North American Continent, Mexico
City, Mexico
- 1976
- 2nd International Congress on Quantum Chemistry, New Orleans
- 1977
- ICPEAC X, Paris, France
- 1978
- 3rd American Conference on Theoretical Chemistry, Boulder, Colorado.
- 1978
- First Asilomar Conference on Electron Molecule Collisions, Pacific
Grove, California (Invited speaker).
- 1979
- Nobel Symposium on Many-Body Theory, Gothenburg, Sweden (Invited speaker).
- 1979
- ICPEAC XI, Kyoto, Japan
- 1979
- Symposium on Electron-Molecule Collisions, Tokyo, Japan
- 1980
- Canadian Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry, Banff, Alberta, Canada
- 1981
- 4th American Conference on Theoretical Chemistry, Boulder, Colorado
(Invited speaker).
- 1982
- ACS Symposium on Electron Correlation in Molecules, Las Vegas,
Nevada.
- 1982
- ``New Trends in Atomic Physics'', Les Houches, France
- 1983
- 8th Canadian Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry, Halifax, Nova
Scotia, Canada
- 1984
- 5th American Conference on Theoretical Chemistry, Jackson, Wyoming.
- 1985
- 4th International Conference on Recent Progress in Many-Body Theory,
San Francisco.
- 1985
- 5th International Congress on Quantum Chemistry, Montreal, Canada.
- 1986
- Sanibel Symposium, Marineland, Florida (Session chairman).
- 1986
- 69th Canadian Chemical Conference, Symposium on Computational and
Mathematical Chemistry, Saskatoon, Canada (Invited speaker).
- 1986
- Research Conference on Relativistic Many-Body Problem, Trieste.
- 1987
- 11th International Workshop on Condenesed Matter Theories, Oulu,
Finland (Invited speaker).
- 1987
- Fifth International Conference on Recent Progress in Many-Body
Theories, Oulu, Finland.
- 1988
- International Workshop on the Structure of Small Molecules and Ions,
Neve Ilan, Israel (member, organizing committee).
- 1988
- Eleventh International Conference on Atomic Physics, Paris.
- 1988
- 12th International Workshop on Condensed Matter Theories, Taxco,
Mexico (Invited speaker).
- 1988
- Sixth International Congress on Quantum Chemistry, Jerusalem (member,
organizing committee).
- 1988
- Workshop on Many-Body Methods in Quantum Chemistry, Tel Aviv
(organizer).
- 1989
- 13th International Workshop on Condensed Matter Theories, Campos de
Jordao, Brazil (Invited speaker).
- 1990
- 30th Sanibel Symposia, St. Augustine, Florida (Session chairman).
- 1990
- Sixth American Conference on Theoretical Chemistry, San Diego,
California.
- 1990
- Workshop on Coupled Cluster Methods, Cambridge, Mass (Invited speaker).
- 1990
- Eighth European Symposium in Computational Chemistry, Gl. Avernaes,
Denmark (Invited speaker).
- 1991
- Symposium on Comparison of Ab Initio Quantum Chemistry with
Experiment, North American Chemical Congress, New York (Invited speaker).
- 1991
- Seventh International Congress on Quantum Chemistry, Menton, France.
- 1992
- Swedish- Israeli Symposium on 100 Years of the Arrhenius Rate Law,
Jerusalem (Invited speaker).
- 1992
- 16th International Workshop on Condensed-Matter Theories,
Puerto Rico (Invited speaker).
- 1993
- Research Conference on Relativistic Effects in Heavy-Element
Chemistry and Physics, De Haan, Belgium (Session chairman).
- 1993
- Second International Conference on Atomic and Nuclear Clusters,
Santorini, Greece (Invited speaker).
- 1994
- 34th Sanibel Symposia, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida (Session Chairman).
- 1994
- Workshop on Parity Non-Conservation in Atoms and Molecules, Oxford,
UK (Invited speaker).
- 1994
- Workshop on Four-Component Methods for Atoms and Molecules, Oxford,
UK (Invited speaker).
- 1994
- Meeting on Correlation Methods in Atoms and Molecules, Semolnice,
Slovakia (Invited speaker).
- 1994
- Eighth International Congress of Quantum Chemistry, Prague (Invited
speaker).
- 1994
- Workshop on Electronic Structure Methods for Lanthanides and
Actinides, Helsinki (Invited speaker).
- 1994
- Eighth Conference on Recent Progress in Many-Body Theories,
Schloß Seggau, Austria (Invited speaker).
- 1994
- Workshop on Non-Perturbative Many-Body Methods (From Quantum
Field Theory to Chemistry), Bad Honnef, Germany (Invited speaker).
- 1995
- Research Conference on Relativistic Quantum Theory of
Many-Electron Systems, Il Ciocco, Castelvecchio Pascoly, Italy (Invited
speaker).
- 1995
- 15th European Conference on Few-Body Systems, Peñíscola,
Spain (Member, international advisory committee; Invited speaker).
- 1995
- Molecular Quantum Mechanics: Methods and Applications, Cambridge,
UK (Invited speaker).
- 1996
- Research Symposium on Multiconfigurational Perturbation Theory,
Gandia, Spain (Speaker).
- 1996
- The First Czech-Israeli Symposium on Structure and Dynamics
in Chemistry and Biodisciplines, Prague (Invited Speaker).
- 1996
- WATOC '96, Jerusalem (Invited Speaker).
- 1996
- 32nd Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry, Schloß Seggau,
Austria (Invited speaker).
- 1996
- Winter School in Theoretical Chemistry, Helsinki (Invited
speaker).
- 1997
- Workshop on Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics, Oxford
(Invited Speaker).
- 1997
- Workshop of the Schwerpunkt in Relativistic Effects in the
Physics and Chemistry of Heavy Elements, Bonn (Invited Speaker).
- 1997
- Workshop on the Physics and Chemistry of the Heaviest Elements,
Stenungsbaden, Sweden (Invited Speaker).
- 1997
- Coupled Cluster Theory and Electron Correlation Workshop,
Cedar Key, Florida (Invited Speaker).
- 1997
- Electron Correlation: From Atoms to Biomolecules, Örenäs
Castle, Sweden (Invited speaker).
- 1997
- European Summer School on Quantum Many-Body Theory, Valencia,
Spain (Invited speaker).
- 1998
- Third workshop on Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics, Granada,
Spain (Invited Speaker).
- 1999
- Relativistic Effects in Heavy-Element Chemistry and Physics,
Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy (Invited Speaker).
- 1999
- Fourth Workshop on Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics,
Marly-le-Roi, France (Invited Speaker).
- 1999
- 35th Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry, Freiberg (Sachsen), Germany
(Invited Speaker).
- 1999
- First International Congress on the Chemistry and Physics of the
Trans-Actinide Elements'', Seeheim, Germany (Invited Speaker).
- 2000
- Fifth Workshop on Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics,
Uppsala, Sweden (Invited Speaker).
- 2000
- Workshop of the Schwerpunkt in Relativistic Effects in the
Physics and Chemistry of Heavy Elements, Kloster Banz, Germany (Invited Speaker).
- 2001
- Annual Meeting of the Israeli Chemical Society, Tel Aviv
(Invited Speaker).
- 2001
- European Science Foundation meeting on Relativistic Effects in
Heavy Element Chemistry and Physics, Kerkrade, The Netherlands (Vice Chairman).
- 2001
- First Finnish Symposium on Quantum Chemistry, Kuusamo, Finland
(Invited Speaker).
- 2001
- 11th International Conference on Recent Progress in Many-Body
Theories, Manchester, UK (Invited Speaker).
- 2002
- Annual Meeting of the Israeli Chemical Society, Jerusalem
(Invited Speaker).
- 2003
- Second International Congress on TransActinides, Napa, California
(Invited Speaker).
RESEARCH GRANTS
- 1973-1975
- Israel Academy of Science, ``Application of many-body
perturbation theory to molecular systems''.
- 1977-1979
- U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation,
``Many-body perturbation theory applied to electron-molecule scattering''.
- 1979-1982
- U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation,
``Matrix methods for low-energy electron-molecule scattering''.
- 1982-1985
- U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation,
``Degenerate many-body perturbation theory''.
- 1985-1988
- U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation,
``General-model-space many-body perturbation theory''.
- 1987-1990
- U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation,
``Molecular transition energies by coupled-cluster methods''.
- 1989-1992
- U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation,
``Coupled-cluster studies of atomic and molecular systems''.
- 1991-1994
- Basic Research Foundation, Israel Academy of Science,
``Heavy atoms and molecules by the coupled-cluster method''.
- 1993-1996
- U.S-Israel Binational Science Foundation,
``Coupled Cluster Method for Atomic and Molecular Systems''.
- 1994-1997
- German-Israeli Foundation, ``Relativistic (One- and
Two-Component) Coupled Cluster Method for Heavy Atoms and Molecules''.
- 1995-1997
- Ministry of Science and the Arts, ``Parallelization of
Programs in Computational Chemistry''.
- 1996-1999
- U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation,
``Relativistic Four-Component Correlated Wavefunctions
for Atoms and Molecules''.
- 1997-1999
- Ministry of Science, ``Parallel
Methods for the Computation of Atomic and Molecular Properties''.
- 1997-2000
- INTAS, Brussels, ``Generalized Relativistic Effective Core
Potentials for High-Accuracy Coupled-cluster Calculations''.
- 1997-2000
- Israel Science Foundation, ``High Accuracy Computation of
Atomic and Molecular Properties (Other than Energies) Including Relativistic
Effects''.
- 1999-2003
- U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation, ``High Accuracy
Computation of Inner-Shell Processes in Atoms and Molecules''.
- 2000-2003
- Israel Science Foundation, ``Novel Coupled Cluster Methods''.
- 2003-2005
- U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation, ``High Accuracy
Treatment of Molecules and Clusters Containing Heavy Atoms''.
- 2003-2007
- Israel Science Foundation, ``High Accuracy Coupled Cluster
Calculations of Short-Lived Atomic and Molecular States''.
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