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Thom Dunning Jr.

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Thom H. Dunning Jr. is an American chemist who is currently Distinguished Professor Emeritus at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign[1] and an Affiliate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Washington.[2] He earned his B.S. in chemistry with minors in physics and mathmatics from from the Univeristy of Missouri Rolla and his Ph.D. in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology. [3]

In 1996, he was awared the E.O. Lawrence Award in Chemistry by the U.S Department of Energy for his, "For his seminal contributions to the development of methods and techniques for electronic structure calculations on molecules; for applications to fundamental chemical problems in laser development, combustion chemistry, and environmental chemistry; and for his leadership in the use of high-performance computing for solving the most challenging chemical problems."[4]

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  1. ^ "Thom H. Dunning Jr". illinois.edu. Retrieved Dec 1, 2022.
  2. ^ "Thom H. Dunning, Jr. | Department of Chemistry | University of Washington". chem.washington.edu. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
  3. ^ a b c "Curriculum Vitae of Thom Dunning, Jr". The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 111 (44): 11178–11179. 2007-11-01. doi:10.1021/jp077139h. ISSN 1089-5639.
  4. ^ a b "LAWRENCE Thom H. Dunning, Jr, 19... | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)". science.osti.gov. 2010-12-28. Retrieved 2025-08-01.