Background
Truhlar, Donald Gene was born on February 27, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of John Joseph and Lucille Marie Truhlar.
Truhlar, Donald Gene was born on February 27, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of John Joseph and Lucille Marie Truhlar.
Bachelor in Chemistry summa cum laude, St. Mary's College, Winona, Minnesota, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, California Institute Technology, 1970.
Truhlar received a Bachelor of Arts, from Saint Mary"s College of Minnesota (1965), and a Doctor of Philosophy, from Caltech (1970), under Aron Kupperman. He has been on the faculty of the University of Minnesota from 1969–present.
Truhlar is known for his contributions to theoretical chemical dynamics of chemical reactions.
Quantum mechanical scattering theory of chemical reactions and molecular energy transfer. Electron scattering; theoretical kinetics and chemical dynamics.
Potential energy surfaces and molecular interactions. Path integrals; variational transition state theory.
The use of electronic structure theory for calculations of chemical structure, reaction rates, electronically nonadiabatic processes, and solvation effects.
Photochemistry. Combustion chemistry. Heterogeneous, homogeneous, and enzyme catalysis.
Atmospheric and environmental chemistry.
Drug design. Nanoparticle structure and energetics. Density functional theory (where its main contributions are represented by the Minnesota Functionals) and so on.
Truhlar has been Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1984–present, the editor of Theoretica Chimica Acta. the American College of Surgeons Award for Computers in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research, 2000.
The Minnesota Award, 2003 ("for outstanding contributions to the chemical sciences"), the National Academy of Sciences Award for Scientific Reviewing, 2004. And the National Science Foundation Creativity Award, 1993.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society. Member American Chemical Society (secretary-treasurer theoretical chemistry subdivision 1980-1989, councilor 1985-1987, editor journal since 1984).
Married Jane Teresa Gust, August 28, 1965. Children: Sara Elizabeth, Stephanie Marie.