Nicholas C. Handy

Nicholas Charles Handy (Born June 17, 1941 in Wiltshire, England) is a Professor of quantum chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK. He has written 320 scientific papers published in physical and theoretical chemistry journals. He retired from his Cambridge Professorship in September 2004.^[1]

Contributions

He has developed several methods in quantum chemistry and theoretical spectroscopy. His contributions have helped greatly to the understanding of:

• the transcorrelated method
• the long range behaviour of Hartree-Fock orbitals
• semiclassical methods for vibrational energies
• the variational method for rovibrational wave-functions (in normal and internal coordinates)
• Full configuration interaction with Slater determinants (benchmark studies)
• convergence of the Møller-Plesset series
• the reaction path Hamiltonian
• Anharmonic spectroscopic and thermodynamic properties using higher derivative methods
• Brueckner-doubles theory
• Open shell Møller-Plesset theory
• frequency-dependent properties
• Density functional theory : quadrature, new functionals and molecular properties.

Other Merits

• Fellow of the Royal Society, London (1990).
• Member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.

References

1. ^ Chemistry department of University of Cambridge

• His International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science page