Peter Kollman
Peter Andrew Kollman (July 24, 1944–May 25, 2001[1]) was a professor of chemistry and pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of California, San Francisco.
Peter Andrew Kollman | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 24, 1944 Iowa City, Iowa |
| Died | May 25, 2001 (aged 56) San Francisco, California |
| Alma mater | Grinnel College Princeton University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | University of California, San Francisco |
| Thesis | A Theory of Anomalous Water: A cyclic, symmetrically bonded form of water and related species have a stability comparable to their liquids. (1970) |
| Doctoral advisor | Leland C. Allen |
He is known for his work in computational chemistry, molecular modeling and bioinformatics, especially for his role in the development of the AMBER force field and molecular dynamics software package.[2]
Biography
Kollman obtained his B.A. from Grinnell College in 1966 and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1967 and 1970 respectively. His PhD supervisor was Leland C. Allen, who had received his PhD in 1956 from MIT supervised by John C. Slater. After a post-doctoral position at the University of Cambridge with David Buckingham, Kollman was hired as an assistant professor by UCSF, where he spent the rest of his career.
In 1995, he was distinguished with the Computers in Chemistry Award from the American Chemical Society.
References
- ^ Levitt, Michael; Daggett, Valerie (2001-08-01). "Peter Kollman". Nature Structural Biology. 8 (8): 662. doi:10.1038/90356. ISSN 1545-9985.
- ^ Bayly, Christopher I. (2001-10-01). "Peter A. Kollman, 1945–2001". Biophysical Journal. 81 (4): 2422. Bibcode:2001BpJ....81.2422B. doi:10.1016/S0006-3495(01)75889-4. ISSN 0006-3495.
- ^ "UCSF Medal". Office of the Chancellor. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
External links
- Nature obituary of Peter Kollman
- San Francisco Chronicle obituary of Peter Kollman
- American Chemical Society Division of Computers in Chemistry obituary of Peter Kollman
- Peter Kollman at the Academic Family Tree
- Peter Kollman at the Mathematics Genealogy Project