William Hughes Miller

William Miller

William Miller in 2015, portrait via the Royal Society
Born William Hughes Miller
(1941-03-16) March 16, 1941[1]
Fields Theoretical chemistry
Institutions University of California, Berkeley
Alma mater
Notable awards
Website
www.cchem.berkeley.edu/millergrp

William Hughes Miller (born March 16, 1941, Kosciusko, Mississippi) is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley and a leading researcher in the field of theoretical chemistry.[3]

Research and career

Miller is known for his development of semiclassical methods for treating chemical dynamics. From 1989 to 1993, he served as Chair of the Chemistry Department at the University of California, Berkeley, and since 1999 he has been the Kenneth S. Pitzer Distinguished Professor at UC Berkeley.[4][5]

Awards and honors

Miller was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) of London in 2015. His nomination reads:

Miller was the 2007 recipient of the Welch Award in Chemistry. He is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Academy of Quantum Molecular Science biography of William Hughes Miller".
  2. 1 2 "Professor William H Miller ForMemRS". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2015-05-02.
  3. William Hughes Miller's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database, a service provided by Elsevier. (subscription required)
  4. William H. Miller (2001). "Autobiographical Sketch of William Hughes Miller" (PDF). The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 105 (12): 2487. doi:10.1021/jp0101920.
  5. Colbert, D. T.; Miller, W. H. (1992). "A novel discrete variable representation for quantum mechanical reactive scattering via the S-matrix Kohn method". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 96 (3): 1982. doi:10.1063/1.462100.


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