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Jack P. Simons


Professor Emeritus
Office Location:

330 INSCC

Education

B.S., Case Institute of Technology, 1967
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1970
NSF Predoctoral Fellow NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971

Activities & Awards

  • Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, 1973-1977
  • Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Fellow, 1977-1982
  • J.S. Guggenheim Fellow, 1979-81
  • David P. Gardner Faculty Research Fellow, 1978, 1981
  • University of Utah Distinguished Research Award, 1985
  • International Academy of Quantum Molecular Sciences Medal, 1983
  • Henry Eyring Chair, 1989
  • Chairman, 1996 American Conference on Theoretical Chemistry
  • R.W. Parry Teaching Award, 1996
  • Award of the Utah ACS, 1998
  • D.M. Grant Lecturer, 2003
  • R. S. Mulliken Lecturer, Univ. of Georgia, 2003
  • Distinguished Alumnus Award,
    Case Western Reserve University Chemistry Department 2003
  • Rosenblatt Prize, Univ. of Utah 2005
  • Journal of Physical Chemistry Festschrift issue, Dec. 2005
  • Founder, Telluride Schools on Theoretical Chemistry 2009 (http://www.hec.utah.edu/TSTC/)
  • University of Utah Graduate and Postdoctoral Mentor Award, 2010
  • W. ChupKa Lecture, Yale University, 2010
  • Joseph O. Hirschfelder Prize in Theoretical Chemistry, 2013
  • Almlöf-Gropen Lectures at Oslo and Tromsø, Norway, 2017
  • 2019 Created and Endowed Jack and Peg Simons Chair at the University of Utah
  • 2022 ACS PHYS Senior Award in Theoretical Chemistry named after Jack Simons

Chemistry in the Mountains

Read more about the Simons  Group and resources on the Henry Eyring Center for Theoretical Chemistry