Leo Radom (born 13 December 1944) is a computational chemist and Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the

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. He attended North Sydney Boys High School. He has a PhD and a DSc from the

and carried out postdoctoral research under the late Sir John Pople. Previously, he was Professor at the Research School of Chemistry at the

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. He has published over 460 papers. He is fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1988) and in 2008 was awarded its Craig Medal for contributions of a high order to any branch of chemistry by active researchers. He is a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science (1989). Until 2011, he was President of the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists (WATOC) and organised the WATOC 2008 Conference in Sydney, Australia.Watoc Home page
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Awards and honours

In 2001, Radom was awarded the

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"for service to Australian society and science in computational quantum chemistry". In 2019, Radom was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia "for eminent service to science, particularly to computational chemistry, as an academic, author and mentor, and to international scientific bodies".

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1944 births Australian chemists Living people Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science Members of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science People educated at North Sydney Boys High School Companions of the Order of Australia Recipients of the Centenary Medal Schrödinger Medal recipients Computational chemists Presidents of the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists {{Australia-scientist-stub