Peter Gill (chemist)
New Zealand chemist (born 1962) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Peter Malcolm Wallace Gill (born 9 November 1962)[1] is a New Zealand theoretical and computational chemist known for his contribution to density functional theory (DFT). He is an early and main contributor to the computational chemistry software Q-Chem and was the president of the company during 1998–2013. He is especially known for developing the PRISM algorithm for evaluating two-electron integrals and linear-scaling DFT, as well as self-consistent field method for excited state electronic structure.[2][3]
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Born | Peter Malcolm Wallace Gill (1962-11-09) 9 November 1962 (age 61) Auckland, New Zealand |
Alma mater | Australian National University |
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Fields | Chemistry |
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Thesis | A theoretical approach to hemi-bonded systems and their dicationic analogues (1988) |
Doctoral advisor | Leo Radom |
Other academic advisors | John Pople |
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