Laura Gagliardi (born 6 April 1968 in Bologna) is an Italian theoretical and computational chemist and Richard and Kathy Leventhal Professor of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago. She is known for her work on the development of electronic structure methods and their use for understanding complex chemical systems.

Education

Gagliardi earned her Master of Science degree in chemistry at the University of Bologna in 1992 for which she was awarded 'Toso Montanari' for the student with the highest-mark graduation in chemistry. She earned her PhD at the same university in 1997. She was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Cambridge from 1998 to 1999.

Career and research

Gagliardi became an assistant professor at the University of Palermo in 2002. In 2005, she became associate professor at the University of Geneva in Switzerland, and in 2009 she joined the University of Minnesota as a professor of chemistry. She was director of th
Nanoporous Materials Genome Center
from 2012 to 2014 and has been director of th
Inorganometallic Catalyst Design Center
since 2014. She was the director of th
Chemical Theory Center
from 2011 to 2020. She was appointed as Distinguished McKnight University Professor in 2014 and awarded a McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in 2018. In 2020, she joined th
University of Chicago
as the Richard and Kathy Leventhal Professor in chemistry and molecular engineering. She is the director of th
Chicago Center for Theoretical Chemistry
Her research focuses on the development of electronic structure methods and their use for understanding complex chemical systems. These systems have practical applications in terms of sustainability and nuclear waste management. Her work with theoretical chemistry also showed that a certain form of uranium forms quintuple bonds, which changed the way chemists view interactions between metal atoms. She currently serves as Editor-in-Chief for the ''

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation ''Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, established in 2005 by the American Chemical Society. It is indexed in Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), Scopus, British Library, and Web of Science. The curre ...

'', and has served as an Associate Editor for the '' Journal of the American Chemical Society'' (2021–present), the ''

'' (2016-2020), and is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the following journals: ''Journal of Catalysis'' (2018–present), ''Chemical Reviews'' (2015-present), ''ACS Central Science'' (2014–present), ''The Journal of the American Chemical Society'' (2013-2018), ''Inorganic Chemistry'' (2014-2016), ''Theoretical Chemistry Accounts'' (2009–present), ''Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation'' (2012-2016), and the ''Journal of Physical Chemistry'' (2011-2016).

Honours and awards

* 2022: Elected Member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina * 2021: Elected Member of the

National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization. NAS is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the Nati ...

* 2021: Elected Foreign Member of the

Accademia dei Lincei The Accademia dei Lincei (; literally the "Academy of the Lynx-Eyed", but anglicised as the Lincean Academy) is one of the oldest and most prestigious European scientific institutions, located at the Palazzo Corsini on the Via della Lungara in Rom ...

* 2021: Faraday Lectureship Prize * 2020:

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 ...

in Physical Chemistry of the American Chemical Society * 2020: Elected Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences * 2019: Award in Theoretical Chemistry from the Physical Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society *2019: Elected Member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science * 2018:

Humboldt Research Award The Humboldt Prize, the Humboldt-Forschungspreis in German, also known as the Humboldt Research Award, is an award given by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany to internationally renowned scientists and scholars who work outside of G ...

* 2018: Elected

Member of the Academia Europaea Membership of the Academia Europaea (MAE) is an award conferred by the Academia Europaea to individuals that have demonstrated "sustained academic excellence". Membership is by invitation only by existing MAE only and judged during a peer review se ...

*2017: Elected Member of the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists * 2016: Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry * 2016: Bourke Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry * 2016: Isaiah Shavitt Lectureship Award, Technion * 2016: Elected Fellow of the

American Physical Society The American Physical Society (APS) is a not-for-profit membership organization of professionals in physics and related disciplines, comprising nearly fifty divisions, sections, and other units. Its mission is the advancement and diffusion of k ...

* 2004: Annual Award of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Sciences

Personal life

Gagliardi is married to

Christopher J. Cramer Christopher J. Cramer (born September 23, 1961) is a research chemist and served as Vice President for Research at the University of Minnesota from 2018–2021. He presently serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Research Officer for Underwri ...

; the couple has three children from a prior marriage.

References

External links

The Gagliardi Research Group
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