Beckman
Institute (139-74)
California
Institute of Technology
http://www.wag.caltech.edu
Phone:(626)395-2731,
395-2730, FAX:(626) 585-0918
Email: wag@wag.caltech.edu, copy: shirley@wag.caltech.edu
Current Positions at the
California Institute of Technology:
Charles
and Mary Ferkel Professor of Chemistry, Materials Science, and Applied Physics
Director
of Materials and
Previous Professional
Positions (all at Caltech):
1965-1978 Assistant,
Associate, and Full Professor of Theoretical Chemistry
1978-1984 Professor
of Chemistry and Applied Physics
1984-1990 Director
of NSF Materials Research Group
1992-1997 Director
of NSF Grand Challenge Applications Group
1984-2001 Charles
and Mary Ferkel Professor of Chemistry and Applied Physics
1990-present Director of Materials and Process Simulation Center (MSC)
2001-present Charles and Mary Ferkel Professor of
Chemistry, Materials Science, and Applied Physics
Education:
Ph.D.
Engineering Science (minor physics), California Institute of Technology, 1965;
B.
S. Engineering (Highest Honors),
Awards and Honors:
National
Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellow (1960-1964)
Alfred
P. Sloan Research Fellow (1967-1969)
Buck-Whitney
Medal of NY Section of American Chemical Society (1978)
Member
of
Member
of
Fellow
of American Physical Society (1988)
ACS
Award for Computers in Chemistry (1988)
Fellow
of American Association for the Advancement of Science (1990)
Richard
M. Badger Teaching Prize in Chemistry, Caltech (1995)
Feynman
Prize for Nanotechnology Theory (1999)
NASA
Space Sciences Award (2000)
Richard
Chase Tolman Prize from the
Named
as one of the 99 most Highly Cited Chemists for 1981 to 1999
(http://isihighlycited.com)
Winner 2002 IMM Prize in Computational Nanotechnology Design from the Institute for Molecular Manufacturing
Honoris Causa Philosophia Doctorem,
Professional Memberships:
American
Physical Society (Fellow); Materials Research Society; American Vacuum Society.
Other Professional
Activities:
Consultant (at various times): General
Electric, General Motors, Shell Development, Imperial Chemical Industry, BP,
Exxon, Chevron, SOHIO, Dow Chemical, Bell Labs, Union Carbide, Celanese, Allied
Signal, UOP, MSI, Schrödinger, Eidogen, Systine
Member,
Board of Trustees Gordon Research Conferences 1988-1994
Cofounder of Molecular Simulations Inc.
(now named Accelrys and wholly owned by Pharmacopeia) (1984), Member Board of
Directors (84-95), Chairman Board (84-91)
Cofounder
of Schrödinger Inc. (1990), Member Board of Directors 1990-2000
Cofounder
Systine Inc. (originally Materials Research Source LLC)
Cofounder Eidogen Inc (formerly Bionomix Inc.),
Cofounder
Qateomix LLC,
Cofounder-Allozyne
Inc.,
Current Research Interests:
·
New
methodology for quantum chemistry, force fields, molecular dynamics, mesoscale
dynamics, statistical mechanics
·
Applications
of atomistic simulations to chemical, biological, and materials systems,
including catalysis (homogenous and heterogeneous), protein structure
prediction, drug design, polymers, semiconductors, ceramics, and metal alloys
(plasticity and failure)
·
Applications
to industrial problems in oil field technology, catalysis, polymers, and fuel
cells
·
Nanotechnology
Current Research Funding: National Science Foundation, National
Institutes of Health, Department of Energy, Army Research Office, Office of
Naval Research, Defense Advance Research Projects Agency, General Motors,
ChevronTexaco, Seiko-Epson, Asahi Kasei, Toray, Aventis Pharma, Berlex
Biopharma
Research publications: Over 566, see http://www.wag.caltech.edu/publications/papers/ or http://www.wag.caltech.edu/publications/papers-byapp/
Autobiography of the early period in Goddard’s career:
“Critical Points and Random Events that Shaped the Early
Career of William A. Goddard III” in J. Phys. Chem. A 104, 2147 (2000) (the
Goddard Festschrift containing articles celebrating Goddard’s 60th
birthday)
Scientific pedigree
·
William
A. Goddard III obtained his Ph.D. in Engineering Science in October 1964 at
from Prof. Pol Duwez, Professor at Caltech (California Institute of Technology)
in
·
Pol
Duwez received his D.Sc. in 1933 from Prof. Emile Henriot at U. Brussels in
·
Emile
Henriot received his D.Sc. in Physics in 1912 from Marie Curie, Professor at
the Sorbonne, Paris
·
Marie
Curie received her D.Sc. in 1903 from Prof. Becquerel at the Ecole Phys. Chim.