Name William Miller Role Chemistry | ||
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Born William Hughes Miller March 16, 1941 (age 83) ( 1941-03-16 ) Notable awards Member of the National Academy of SciencesForMemRS (2015) Education Harvard University (1963–1967), Georgia Institute of Technology (1959–1963) Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada | ||
William Hughes Miller (born March 16, 1941, Kosciusko, Mississippi) is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley and a leading researcher in the field of theoretical chemistry.
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Research and career
Miller is known for his development of semiclassical methods for treating chemical dynamics. From 1989 to 1993, he served as Chair of the Chemistry Department at the University of California, Berkeley, and since 1999 he has been the Kenneth S. Pitzer Distinguished Professor at UC Berkeley.
Awards and honors
Miller was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) of London in 2015. His nomination reads:
Miller was the 2007 recipient of the Welch Award in Chemistry. He is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.