William L. Jorgensen
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William L. Jorgensen (born October 5, 1949, New York) is a Sterling Professor of Chemistry at Yale University.[1] He is considered a pioneer in the field of computational chemistry. Some of his contributions include the TIP3P, TIP4P, and TIP5P water models, the OPLS force field, and his work on free-energy perturbation theory for modeling reactions in solution, protein-ligand binding, and drug design; he has over 400 publications in the field. Jorgensen has been the Editor of the ACS Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation since its founding in 2005.
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William L. Jorgensen | |
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Born | (1949-10-05) October 5, 1949 (age 74) |
Alma mater | Princeton University, Harvard University |
Known for | OPLS force field, TIPnP, FEP |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computational Chemistry |
Institutions | Yale University |
Doctoral advisor | Elias J. Corey |
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