Jaroslav Koutecký

Jaroslav Koutecký (born October 14, 1922 in Kroměříž , Czechoslovakia ; † August 10, 2005 in Berlin ) was professor of physical chemistry at the Free University of Berlin and a member of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences . He is considered the founder of the quantum mechanical school of Czechoslovakia and researched the theory of atomic clusters .

In 1966 he used a conference in Canada to emigrate, from 1970 he worked at the Belfer Graduate School of Science, Yeshiva University , New York City and since 1973 at the Free University of Berlin in the Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Since 1969, Koutecký was a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science (IAQMS). After the Velvet Revolution he was re-admitted to the Czechoslovak Academy in 1989, which had excluded him in 1972. He had been an honorary member of the learned society of the Czech Republic since 1995 and helped to rebuild the Czech scientific system. Koutecký was an honorary doctor from the Université de Reims and the University of Waterloo , Canada. Posthumously he was awarded the Czech Order of Merit II .

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SURNAME	Koutecký, Jaroslav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Czech chemist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 14, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kroměříž
DATE OF DEATH	August 10, 2005
Place of death	Berlin