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Name
  
Michael Klein


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Education
  
University of Bristol (1961–1964)

Books
  
Fragmentation and Contradiction in Piers Plowman and Its Implications for the Study of Modern Literature, Art, and Culture: The Apocalyptic Discourse

Awards
  
Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada

Distinguished lecture by prof michael l klein


Michael Lawrence Klein (born March 13, 1940 in London, England) is Laura H. Carnell Professor of Science and Director of the Institute for Computational Molecular Science in the College of Science and Technology at Temple University in Philadelphia, USA. He was previously the Hepburn Professor of Physical Science in the Center for Molecular Modeling at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Education

Klein obtained a B.Sc. from the University of Bristol in 1961, followed by a Ph.D. in 1964.

Career and research

Klein was a researcher at the National Research Council 1968-1987, and joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania in 1987. Klein's research in computational chemistry, particularly statistical mechanics, intermolecular interactions, and modelling of condensed phases and biophysical systems, is among the most highly cited in the field. He received the Aneesur Rahman prize in 1999, which is the highest honor given by the American Physical Society for work in computational physics, and was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 2009.

Awards and honors

  • 1999 Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics
  • 2003 Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2003 Fellow, Royal Society of London
  • 2008 Peter Debye Award
  • 2009 elected to United States National Academy of Sciences
  • References

    Michael L. Klein Wikipedia


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