Kenneth Ruud (born 16 September 1969) is a Norwegian chemist. He is a professor of chemistry at the

University of Tromsø The University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway (Norwegian: ''Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet''; Northern Sami: ''Romssa universitehta – Norgga árktalaš universitehta'') is a state university in Norway an ...

. He is author or coauthor of more than 150 scientific articles and director of the

Centre for Theoretical and Computational Chemistry The Centre for Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (CTCC) was founded by the Norwegian Research Council in 2007. The duration of the project is ten years. The CTCC is split in two units. One unit is located at the Department of Chemistry, Unive ...

in Tromsø. In 2008, he was the recipient of the Dirac medal from the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists. He is one of the main contributors to the DALTON program package. In 2012 he was elected fellow of the

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ( no, Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick Univer ...

. Since April 2010, Kenneth is president of the Norwegian Chemical Society. In February 2013, Kenneth was elected Prorektor (= Vicepresident) for research of the

. He will take up this function on August 1, 2013.

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1969 births Living people People from Fredrikstad Norwegian chemists University of Tromsø faculty Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Computational chemists {{chemist-stub