Radom, Leo (1944 - )

Summary

Leo Radom is a distinguished chemist whose research is in computational quantum chemistry. He investigates the structure of molecules and the mechanisms of the reactions in which they are involved. Radom was co-author of Ab initio molecular orbital theory (1996), a key reference in its field. He was Professor in the School of Chemistry at the University of Sydney from 2003 to 2014, having previously held the Chair of Chemistry at the Australian National University. Radom has received numerous awards for his research. He has served as President of Australian and international organisations including the Australian and the Asic-Pacific Associations of Computational and Theoretical Chemists. Radom was the first Australian to be awarded the Schrödinger Medal by the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists.

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Chronology

1947

Life event - Migrated to Australia with his family

1966

Education - MSc, University of Sydney

1967

Education - MSc, University of Sydney

1969

Education - PhD, University of Sydney

1969 - 1972

Career position - Fulbright Fellow, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

1972 - 1974

Award - Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship

1974 - 1979

Career position - Fellow, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University

1977

Award - Rennie Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1979 -

Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Journal of computational chemistry

1979 - 1990

Career position - Senior Fellow, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University

1979 - 2018

Award - Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1982

Education - DSc, Australian National University

1985

Career position - President, ACT Branch, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1988 -

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science

1988

Award - H. G. Smith Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1988 - 1993

Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Structural chemistry

1989 -

Award - Elected Member, International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science

1990 - 1991

Career position - Professorial Fellow, Australian National University

1991

Award - Maccoll Prize, British Society of Mass Spectrometry

1991 - 2003

Career position - Professor, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University

1993

Award - Archibald Ollé Prize, New South Wales Branch, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1994

Award - Schrödinger Medal, World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists (WATOC)

1995 -

Career position - Member, Editorial Board, European journal of mass spectrometry

1995 - 2001

Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Australian journal of chemistry

2001

Award - Centenary Medal for service to Australian society and science in computational quantum chemistry

2003 - 2014

Career position - Professor, School of Chemistry, University of Sydney

2005 -

Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Journal of chemical theory and computation

2005

Career position - President, World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists (WATOC)

2005 - 2011

Career position - President, World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists

2005 - 2013

Career position - Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology

2006

Award - Fukui Medal, Asia-Pacific Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists

2008 -

Award - Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom

2008

Career position - Chair, World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists World Congress, Sydney

2008

Award - David Craig Medal and Lectureship, Australian Academy of Science

2009 -

Career position - President, Australian Association of Computational and Theoretical Chemists

2010

Award - Association, Medal, Association of Molecular Modellers of Australasia (AMMA)

2010

Award - Physical Chemistry Division Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

2010

Award - Division of Physical Chemistry Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

2012 -

Career position - President, Asia Pacific Association of Computational and Theoretical Chemists

2013 - 2015

Career position - Chair, School Board, School of Chemistry, University of Sydney

2015 -

Career position - Emeritus Professor, School of Chemistry, University of Sydney

2016 -

Award - Fellow, Royal Society of New South Wales

2018 -

Award - Distinguished Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

2019

Award - Leighton Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

2019

Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) for eminent service to science, particularly to computational chemistry, as an academic, author and mentor, and to international scientific bodies

Related entries

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Hush, Noel S.; and Radom, Leo, 'David Parker Craig 1919 - 2015', Historical Records of Australian Science, 28 (2) (2017), 159-70, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR17018. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6524158. Details
• VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/300632416. Details
• Emeritus Professor Leo Radom, Companion of the Order of Australia [AC], Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Canberra, 2019. https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/2004781. Details
• David Craig Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science, 2022. https://www.science.org.au/supporting-science/awards-and-opportunities/david-craig-medal-and-lecture. Details
• 'Radom, Leo (1944-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475011. Details
• Radom, Leo, Curriculum vitae, University of Sudney, Sydney, 2017. Details

See also

• Anon, '2019 RACI national award winners', Chemistry in Australia, 2020 (Jan/Feb) (2020), 26-31. Details
• Aroney, M. J.; Buckingham, A. D., 'Raymond James Wood Le Fèvre 1905-1986', Historical Records of Australian Science, 7 (3) (1988), 273-297. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9880730273. Details
• Downard, K. M.; and De Laeter, J. R., 'A History of Mass Spectrometry in Australia', Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 40 (9) (2005), 1123-1139. Details
• Hush, Noel S.; and Radom, Leo, 'David Parker Craig AO FAA, 23 December 1919 - 1 July 2015', Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of The Royal Society, 64 (2018), 107-29. Details
• Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor eds, Who's who in Australia 2019 (Southbank, Vic.: AAP Directories, 2018), 1788 pp. Details