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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