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Leo Radom

Who

Leo Radom · Science & Medicine

What

Computational chemist known for quantum chemical studies of reactions

When

1944, Shanghai, China

Where

Australia

Biography

Leo Radom is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Computational chemist known for quantum chemical studies of reactions

How & why

Leo Radom, born in Shanghai to Russian Jewish parents who settled in Sydney in 1947, became one of the world's leading computational quantum chemists. Working with Nobel laureate John Pople, he applied molecular-orbital theory to predict the structures, stabilities and reactions of molecules that are difficult to study experimentally.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry

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Computational chemist known for quantum chemical studies of reactions

1944

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry