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Curriculum Vitae of Jacopo Tomasi
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• Date and place of birth: September 14, 1934; Diano Marina (Italy) • Nationality: Italian
EDUCATION • Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, 1952−1957 • Università di Pisa: laurea in Chimica, 1958 • Libera Docenza in Chimica Teorica, 1968
CAREER
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• University of Pisa, Assistant Professor 1959−1972 • Cons. Naz. Ricerche Research, Director 1972−1980 • University of Pisa, Full Professor (Quantum Chemistry) 1980−2007; Emeritus Professor since 2008
PUBLICATIONS More than 370 papers and review articles on international journals, including one book, as well as about 20 chapters in handbooks and dedicated collections of monographs. More than 35 000 quotations in papers published in regular journals, of which about 18 000 for papers published after 2008 (according to ISI Web of Science); references to program packages (e.g., Gaussian) omitted
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES Main Field. Physical Chemistry. Innovative computational methodologies mostly based on ab initio methods. Modeling of complex material systems and phenomena. Interaction lightmatter. Chemical reactivity. Among the major achievements: (1) Introduction in quantum chemistry of (a) the molecular electrostatic potential (1969−1980), of the molecular polarization function (1975− 1980) and of computational methods for their use in prediction and interpretation of molecular structure and intermolecular interactions (b) the intermolecular energy decomposition (1969− 1983) and of the counterpoise corrections to the separate decomposition terms (1985−1992) (c) the hybrid QM/MM models for intermolecular and solute−solvent interactions (1972−1978) (d) ab initio QM codes for solvation effects based on apparent surface charges on the solvent boundary (1981−2000) (2) Formulation of the first general program for (a) the decomposition of the molecular charge distribution into localized contributions (1969) and the codification of its use (1969−1998) (b) the (first) full ab initio study of a reaction mechanism, in the gas phase (1972) and in solution (1982) (c) the (almost) complete set of second- and thirdorder observables for molecular solutes (1997− 2013) In the last years the activity has been focused on the following topics: • interpretation of internal and external effects on the properties of molecules and other material systems • intermolecular interactions, chemical reactivity, reaction mechanisms © 2015 Jacopo Tomasi
• solvent effects on the structural, dynamical and chemical properties of molecular systems • electric and magnetic response functions of molecules and larger bodies • nonlinear optical properties of complex systems including a metal, chromophores and a dielectric phase • spectroscopic properties of various nature, mostly in solution • interpretation and calculation of the physicochemical properties of solutions and of restricted liquid systems (interphases, dispersed systems, liquid surfaces etc.) • energy transfer based phenomena
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ORGANIZATION DUTIES Editorial • Associate Editor of Lecture Notes in Chemistry • Associate Editor of Journal of Molcular Structure (THEOCHEM) • Associate Editor of Theoretical Chemical Accounts • Member of the Editorial Board of Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics • Regular referee of several others journals (J. Chem. Phys., J. Phys. Chem., J Am. Chem. Soc., Chem. Rev., Chem. Phys., Chem. Phys. Lett., J. Org. Chem., Comp. Chem., and others) Scientific Organization • Fellow of the Royal Chemical Society • Founding member of WATOC (World Association of Theoretically Oriented Chemists) • Founding member of the ISQB (International Society of Quantum Biology (of which has been on the Executive Comittee for several years) • Member of the IAQMS (International Academy of Molecular Sciences) • Member of several other scientific associations, international and national, for some of which carried out organization duties • Organizer or co-organizer of several international scientific congresses • Fellow of the AAAS Special Issue: Jacopo Tomasi Festschrift Published: May 28, 2015 5047
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b02578 J. Phys. Chem. A 2015, 119, 5047−5048
Special Issue Preface
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
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UNIVERSITY ORGANIZATION • Member of the University of Pisa Senate • Director of the Istituto di Chimica Fisica of University of Pisa (1981−1984) • President of the Consiglio del Corso di Diploma in Chimica of the University of Pisa (1996−2004) • Member of the Chemical Department Board of the University of Pisa (12 years) • Director of the Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale of the University of Pisa (3-year term) • Member of the Directorial Board of the INSTM (National Institute of Science and Technology of Materials) • Director of the Pisa unit of INSTM (1996−2006) • Vice president of the Directorial Board of the Physical Chemistry Division of the Società Chimica Italiana (1997−2003) • Member (or President) of numerous University or Faculty Commissions at University of Pisa since 1973
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b02578 J. Phys. Chem. A 2015, 119, 5047−5048
