Milestones & Milestones
We are pleased to announce this sympoium in honour of Professor Gershom (Jan M. L.) Martin on the occasion of his milestone birthday and to recognize his outstanding contributions to theoretical and computational chemistry.
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Gershom Martin has made pioneering contributions to the development and application of high-level quantum chemical theories and density functional theory (DFT). These include fundamental advancements, such as the development of the Weizmann-n composite ab initio methods and the BMK, B2GP-PLYP, and DSD-PBEP86 hybrid and double-hybrid DFT functionals. His application studies cover a broad spectrum of chemical problems ranging from spectroscopy to organometallic catalysis.
Gershom Martin obtained his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Antwerp in 1991. From 1991 to 1996, he held various positions at The NASA Ames Research Center, The University of California San Diego, The National Fund for Scientific Research (Belgium), and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1996, he accepted a faculty position at The Weizmann Institute of Science, where he was promoted to full professor in 2005 and is the incumbent of the Baroness Thatcher Professorial Chair of Chemistry.
Gershom Martin has published 330 scientific papers in theoretical and computational chemistry, many of which are ISI highly cited papers. His contributions to science have been recognized by many awards, including the 2004 Dirac Medal of the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists (WATOC), the 2008 Jack Wolgin Prize for Scientific Excellence by the Weizmann Institute of Science, and the 2023 Schrödinger Medal of WATOC.
