David Joshua Tannor (; born 1958) is a

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, who is the Hermann Mayer Professorial Chair in the department of chemical physics at the

Weizmann Institute of Science The Weizmann Institute of Science ( he, מכון ויצמן למדע ''Machon Vaitzman LeMada'') is a public research university in Rehovot, Israel, established in 1934, 14 years before the State of Israel. It differs from other Israeli unive ...

Biography

Tannor has a BA from

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

(1978), and a PhD with Eric Heller from

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(1983). He did his post-doc work with

Stuart Rice Stuart Alan Rice (born January 6, 1932) is an American theoretical chemist and physical chemist.David W. Oxtoby David William Oxtoby (born 1951) is an American academic who served as the ninth president of Pomona College. He held the position from July 1, 2003, to July 1, 2017. A theoretical chemist, he received his bachelor's degree in chemistry and phy ...

at the

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."David Tannor's Home Page; Highlights of Research,"
Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Chemical Physics. He is a

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. Tannor is a

. He studies the effects of

quantum mechanics Quantum mechanics is a fundamental theory in physics that provides a description of the physical properties of nature at the scale of atoms and subatomic particles. It is the foundation of all quantum physics including quantum chemistry, ...

on how

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s move. He worked from 1986 to 1989 as an assistant professor at the

Illinois Institute of Technology Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Tracing its history to 1890, the present name was adopted upon the merger of the Armour Institute and Lewis Institute in 1940. The university has prog ...

in Chicago, from 1989 to 1995 as an assistant and associate professor at the

University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame ( ) or ND, is a private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, outside the city of South Bend. French priest Edward Sorin founded the school in 1842. The main campu ...

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, from 1992 to 1993 as a visiting professor at

, and from 1995 to 2000 as an associate professor and since 2000 as a professor at the

Rehovot, Israel Rehovot ( he, רְחוֹבוֹת ''Rəḥōvōt'', ar, رحوڤوت ''Reḥūfūt'') is a city in the Central District of Israel, about south of Tel Aviv. In it had a population of . Etymology Israel Belkind, founder of the Bilu movement, ...

. He is the Hermann Mayer Professorial Chair in the department of chemical physics at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Tannor is the author of ''Introduction to Quantum Mechanics'' (2018). He has also published or co-published over 120 scientific articles and reviews."David Tannor's Home Page; Publications,"
Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Chemical Physics.

References

External links

*David Tannor (November 25, 2013)
"Control of Multielectron Dynamics and High Harmonic Generation"
(''video''). *David Tannor (January 26, 2016)
"Quantum Transitions using Complex-Valued Classical Trajectories"
(''video''). {{DEFAULTSORT:Tannor, David Israeli male karateka Illinois Institute of Technology faculty Living people Columbia College (New York) alumni University of California, Los Angeles alumni American physical chemists Israeli physical chemists Theoretical chemists University of Notre Dame faculty Academic staff of Weizmann Institute of Science Columbia University faculty 1958 births 20th-century American chemists 21st-century American chemists Quantum physicists