Paul G. Mezey is a Hungarian-Canadian
mathematical chemist. He was the Canada Research Chair in Scientific Modeling and Simulation in the Department of Chemistry at the
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Memorial University of Newfoundland, also known as Memorial University or MUN (), is a public university in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, based in St. John's, with satellite campuses in Corner Brook, elsewhere in Newfoundland and ...
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Canada Research Chairs website, retrieved 2018-09-07 He retired from Memorial University in 2018.
Biography
Mezey earned a Master's degrees in chemistry, a Ph.D. in Chemistry, and a Master's degree in mathematics, all from
Eötvös Loránd University
Eötvös Loránd University ( hu, Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, ELTE) is a Hungarian public research university based in Budapest. Founded in 1635, ELTE is one of the largest and most prestigious public higher education institutions in Hung ...
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Budapest, in the years 1967, 1970, and 1972 respectively.
From 1982 to 2003, he was a professor of chemistry and mathematics at the
University of Saskatchewan, where he earned a D. Sc. in 1985 in mathematical chemistry. He was a faculty member at Memorial University from 2003 to 2018.
Mezey is editor in chief of the ''Journal of Mathematical Chemistry''.
Awards and honors
In 2003, Mezey received a Canada Research Chair; the chair was renewed for a second term 2010 and concluded in 2017.
Mezey is a foreign member of the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The Hungarian Academy of Sciences ( hu, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, MTA) is the most important and prestigious learned society of Hungary. Its seat is at the bank of the Danube in Budapest, between Széchenyi rakpart and Akadémia utca. Its ma ...
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Members of Hungarian Academy of Sciences
, retrieved 2012-02-25.
See also
* Localized molecular orbitals
References
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Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Eötvös Loránd University alumni
University of Saskatchewan alumni
Academic staff of the University of Saskatchewan
Canadian chemists
Hungarian chemists
Canada Research Chairs
Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Hungarian emigrants to Canada
Mathematical chemistry
Computational chemists