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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  


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 $^2\Sigma_u^+$ 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.




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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