John D. Weeks

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John David Weeks (born October 11, 1943 ) is an American theoretical chemist ( statistical physics , theory of liquids , phase transitions ).

Life

John D. Weeks studied physics at Harvard University from September 1961 to June 1965 . He then went to the University of Chicago , where he received his doctorate in chemical physics in 1969. As a postdoctoral fellow, he worked from September 1969 for two years at the University of California, San Diego and then for one year at the University of Cambridge . From 1972 to 1990 worked in research at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill (New Jersey) . In 1990 he became a professor at the University of Maryland (Institute for Physical Science and Technology and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry), from 1995 with the rank of Distinguished Professor.

As a postdoctoral fellow in San Diego, he published a fundamental work with David Chandler and Hans C. Andersen on the role of repulsive forces in the calculation of the equilibrium properties of simple liquids (with Lennard-Jones potential ). Their disorder theory approach was initially controversial, but was later accepted and entered the literature as WCA theory ( WCA theory ). Her publication in the Journal of Chemical Physics is one of the most cited in the field of fluid theory.

As a single author and in collaboration with colleagues, he has published a large number of articles on fluids and ionic liquids , on hydrophobic interactions , on static and dynamic properties of solid interfaces and thin layers , on density functional theory , pattern formation and crystal growth .

He became a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1984, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2000, a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2009 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2011 . In 1990 he received the Joel Henry Hildebrand in the Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry of Liquids from the American Chemical Society .

literature

  • John D. Weeks: Curriculum vitae. (PDF file) University of Maryland, accessed July 23, 2017 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John D. Weeks, David Chandler, Hans C. Andersen: Role of Repulsive Forces in Determining the Equilibrium Structure of Simple Liquids . In: Journal of Chemical Physics . tape 54 , no. 12 , 1971, p. 5237-5247 .
  2. ^ D. Chandler: Autobiography of David Chandler . In: Journal of Physical Chemistry B . tape 109 , no. 14 , 2005, pp. 6459-6464 .
  3. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter W. (PDF; 852 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved July 27, 2017 (English).
  4. ↑ Fellows of the AAAS: John Weeks. American Association for the Advancement of Science, accessed July 28, 2018 .
  5. ^ Joel Henry Hildebrand Award in the Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry of Liquids. List of award winners. American Chemical Society, accessed July 22, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Weeks, John D.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weeks, John David (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American theoretical chemist
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1943