Frank H. Stillinger (born August 15, 1934
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 108 (51), 19571 -19573, 2004. 10.1021/jp0405310 S1089-5647(04)00531-0) is an American theoretical

chemist A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe th ...

and a namesake of the

Lubachevsky–Stillinger algorithm Lubachevsky-Stillinger (compression) algorithm (LS algorithm, LSA, or LS protocol) is a numerical procedure suggested by F. H. Stillinger and B.D. Lubachevsky that simulates or imitates a physical process of compressing an assembly of hard particl ...

. He has recently collaborated with research groups as a senior scientist at

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...

. Stillinger graduated from the University of Rochester in 1955; he earned a Ph.D. in theoretical chemistry from Yale in 1958. In September 1959 he joined the Research Area of

Bell Labs Nokia Bell Labs, originally named Bell Telephone Laboratories (1925–1984), then AT&T Bell Laboratories (1984–1996) and Bell Labs Innovations (1996–2007), is an American industrial research and scientific development company owned by mult ...

in Murray Hill, NJ. Following the U.S. Justice Department's divestiture order for Bell Labs, Stillinger transferred to

Lucent Technologies Lucent Technologies, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications equipment company headquartered in Murray Hill, New Jersey. It was established on September 30, 1996, through the divestiture of the former AT&T Technologies business u ...

in 1996 and later to Lucent's spinoff,

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, where he worked until 2001. Since late 1996 Stillinger has been a Visiting Senior Scientist at Princeton University. Stillinger's research career has concentrated on condensed matter phenomena, both thermodynamic and kinetic. This research has included creation and computer simulation of molecular interaction potentials for water, silicon, and spontaneous-chiral-symmetry-breaking substances. These and other productive research topics have generated over 400 reviewed publications, involving more than 130 coauthors.

Awards and honors

Elliott Cresson Medal The Elliott Cresson Medal, also known as the Elliott Cresson Gold Medal, was the highest award given by the Franklin Institute. The award was established by Elliott Cresson, life member of the Franklin Institute, with $1,000 granted in 1848. The ...

, Franklin Institute (1978) *Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences (1984) *Joel Hildebrand Prize, American Chemical Society (1986) *

Irving Langmuir Award The Irving Langmuir Prize in Chemical Physics is awarded annually, in even years by the American Chemical Society and in odd years by the American Physical Society. The award is meant to recognize and encourage outstanding interdisciplinary resear ...

, American Physical Society (1989) *

Peter Debye Award The Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry is awarded annually by the American Chemical Society "to encourage and reward outstanding research in physical chemistry". The award is named after Peter Debye and granted without regard to age or natio ...

, American Chemical Society (1992) *

Onsager Medal The Onsager Medal (''Onsagermedaljen'') is a scholastic presentation awarded to researchers in one or more subject areas of chemistry, physics or mathematics. The medal is awarded in memory of Lars Onsager who received Nobel Prize in Chemistry i ...

, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (2002) *Theoretical Chemistry Award, American Chemical Society (2013)

Selected publications

* F. H. Stillinger, ''Energy Landscapes, Inherent Structures, and Condensed-Matter Phenomena.'' Princeton (2016).Stillinger, Frank H. (2016)
Energy Landscapes, Inherent Structures, and Condensed-Matter Phenomena
ISBN 978-0-691-16680-3

References

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