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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Theoretical Chemistry: Electron Structure, Dynamics, Simulation |
| Keywords | electronic excitations, exchange-correlation functionals, linear scaling methods, reactions in chemical and biological systems, transport |
Current contact address
| Country | United States of America |
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| City | Durham |
| Institution | Duke University |
| Institute | Department of Chemistry |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Scheffler Matthias | Abteilung Theorie, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin |
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| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/06/2006 |
Program(s)
| 2005 | Humboldt Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Professor Weitao Yang has made major contributions to both fundamental and methodological concepts in computational chemistry and materials science. His work has significantly extended the applicability of modern electronic structure theory, in particular for simulating intrinsically complex biological molecules and nanosystems. While in Germany he will explore novel approaches to deal with processes involving excited electronic states. |