Emily Carter
Emily Ann Carter (born November 28, 1960 in Los Gatos ) is an American chemist, engineer and applied mathematician. Among other things, she deals with theoretical quantum chemistry, surface chemistry, solid state physics and materials science and, more recently, with applications in the field of sustainable energy use.
Carter studied at the University of California, Berkeley , with a bachelor's degree in 1982 and in 1987 at Caltech in physical chemistry at WA Goddard with the theme Finesse in quantum chemistry: accurate energetics relevant for reaction mechanisms doctorate. From 1988 she was assistant professor and later professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (first for chemistry, then also for materials science and engineering). She has been a professor at Princeton University since 2004 . There she is Gerald R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment .
She developed density functional methods for ab initio calculations in theoretical chemistry and solid state physics. In the beginning she combined ab initio quantum chemistry and molecular dynamics and kinetic Monte Carlo simulations to describe processes such as the etching and growth of silicon crystals or heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis in chemistry. Then she developed a linearly scaling orbit-free density functional theory (OFDFT) that could describe systems with a large number of atoms up to solid-state systems. She was a pioneer in the development of quantum mechanical multi-scale simulations in materials science that managed without empirical material laws. She used it to investigate shock waves in iron and stress corrosion in steel. After the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC from 2007 convinced her of the anthropogenic global warming, she turned her research exclusively to the goal of sustainable, climate-friendly energy supply, for example energy generation from sunlight, solid oxide fuel cells, efficient combustion of biofuels, weight-optimized design for vehicles, and behavior of hydrogen isotopes in the plasmas of fusion reactors.
Carter was awarded the Irving Langmuir Award for 2017 and the ACS Award in Theoretical Chemistry for 2018 . In 2014 she received the Remsen Award , 2007 the ACS Award for Computers in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research , 2015 the Joseph O. Hirschfelder Prize and 2013 the Sigillo D'Oro of the Italian Chemical Society. She is a member of the National Academy of Engineering , the National Academy of Sciences (2008), the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science . From 1993 to 1995 she was a Sloan Research Fellow . In 2011 she gave the August Wilhelm von Hofmann lecture of the German Chemical Society and in 2012 she received an honorary doctorate from the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne .
In 1994 she married Bruce Koel and they have a son.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
- ↑ biographical data, publications and Academic pedigree of Emily Ann Carter at academictree.org, accessed on 23 January 2018th
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carter, Emily |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carter, Emily Ann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Gatos |