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Michael L. Klein

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Michael L. Klein
Born
Michael Lawrence Klein

(1940-03-13) 13 March 1940 (age 84)
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
United States
Alma materUniversity of Bristol (BSc, PhD)

Michael Lawrence Klein NAS (born March 13, 1940, in London, England)[1] is Laura H. Carnell Professor of Science[2] and director of the Institute for Computational Molecular Science[3] in the college of science and technology at Temple University in Philadelphia, US. He was previously the Hepburn Professor of Physical Science in the Center for Molecular Modeling at the University of Pennsylvania.[4]

Education and early life

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Klein, a British native, was naturalized in the United States in 1993. Klein obtained a B.Sc. from the University of Bristol in 1961, followed by a Ph.D. in 1964.[5] His research career includes the fields of chemistry and physics. Klein was a CIBA-Geigy Research Fellow of Physics at the University of Genoa in Italy from 1964-1965. Then went on to complete his chemistry research as an ICI Research Fellow at the University of Bristol from 1965-1967. His education and career then moved to the United States in 1967 where he served as a Research Associate of Physics at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

Career

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Klein was a researcher at the National Research Council of Canada from 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 modeling of condensed phases and biophysical systems, is among the most highly cited in the field.[6] 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.[7]

Research

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Klein has advanced the field of computer simulation and modelling of molecular systems over a broad front. His early works focused on developing pragmatic intermolecular force fields to be used in computer simulation Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of molecular systems, such as water and aqueous solutions. During the 1980s and early 1990s, his group developed and elaborated algorithms and methodologies to enable the efficient and rigorous computer simulation of macromolecular systems. These seminal works have been influential and are very highly cited because of their broad utility. Every modern MD simulation code employs these algorithms in one form or other. Thus, modern molecular simulation studies of chemical systems ranging from surfactants to proteins and from lipid membranes to energy materials - including solid electrolyte fuel cells, and so-called “green” ionic liquids - take advantage of these algorithms. His pioneering simulation studies of surfactants, lipid membranes, and membrane-bound ion channels are noteworthy.[8]

ISI ratings

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Google Scholar lists more than 1,200 items (publications, abstracts, & reports), of which 697 have 10 or more citations each. Hirsch Index, h-index = 124. Total Citations are almost 108,000, increasing by about 7,000/year. His publication on Classical Monte Carlo simulations in The Journal of chemical physics has been cited over 35,000 times.[9]

Awards and honors

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Memberships

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Other awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ "science.ca Profile". Retrieved 21 February 2009.
  2. ^ "Temple Chemistry Faculty: Michael Klein". Archived from the original on 27 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Home". College of Science and Technology. 19 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Penn Chemistry: Faculty". Archived from the original on 2 March 2009. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
  5. ^ "Klein". Temple University Department of Chemistry. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  6. ^ ISI Highly Cited
  7. ^ "National Academy of Sciences". nas.nasonline.org.
  8. ^ a b "Academy of Europe: Klein Michael". www.ae-info.org. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Michael L Klein". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Honorary Fellows". Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research.
  11. ^ "2015 AAAS Fellows Recognized for Contributions to Advancing Science | American Association for the Advancement of Science". www.aaas.org. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Honorary Fellows". Trinity College Cambridge. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  13. ^ Broadwith2009-06-12T16:45:00+01:00, Phillip. "UK chemists must take control". Chemistry World. Retrieved 16 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ "Honorary Fellows – Chemical Research Society of India". Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  15. ^ "Awards". EFRC CCM. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  16. ^ "Fellowship". Indian Academy of Sciences.
  17. ^ "MRSI Newsletter" (PDF). Materials Research Society of India. p. 14.
  18. ^ "Klein, Michael Lawrence". TWAS. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  19. ^ a b "Michael Klein". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  20. ^ "Michael Lawrence Klein". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  21. ^ "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  22. ^ "Michael Klein elected honorary fellow of Trinity College at Cambridge". Temple Now | news.temple.edu. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  23. ^ "Member Directory | The Royal Society of Canada". rsc-src.ca. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  24. ^ "Michael L. Klein wins prestigious John Scott Award". Temple University. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  25. ^ "Graduation 2017 - Graduation - University of St Andrews". archive.st-andrews.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  26. ^ "Raman Chair | About IASc | Indian Academy of Sciences". www.ias.ac.in. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  27. ^ "TWAS Medal Lectures 2013 announced". TWAS. 19 October 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  28. ^ "S F Boys - A Rahman Award". Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  29. ^ "Past Recipients". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  30. ^ "ISIS The Greg Watson Lecture, 2008". www.isis.stfc.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  31. ^ "CECAM - award_details". www.cecam.org. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  32. ^ "Prize Recipient". www.aps.org. Retrieved 17 August 2022.