Sir David Clary | |
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Professor David Clary FRS at Magdalen College in 2013
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Born | David Charles Clary 14 January 1953 Halesworth |
Residence | Oxford |
Nationality | British |
Fields | Theoretical Chemistry |
Institutions |
IBM San Jose California. University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. University of Cambridge. University College London. University of Oxford. Magdalen College Oxford. Foreign & Commonwealth Office. |
Alma mater |
University of Cambridge (PhD) University of Sussex (BSc) |
Notable awards |
FRS |
Spouse | Heather Ann Clary |
Website www |
FRS
Foreign Honorary Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Royal Society of Chemistry:
Meldola Medal and Prize,
Marlow Award,
Corday-Morgan Prize,
Chemical Dynamics Award,
Polanyi medal,
Tilden Prize,
Liversidge award.
Annual Medal of International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.
Sir David Charles Clary, FRS (born 14 January 1953) is a British theoretical chemist. He has been President of Magdalen College, Oxford, since 2005.
He was born in Halesworth, Suffolk and attended Colchester Royal Grammar School from 1964–71. He has a BSc (1974) from the University of Sussex and a PhD (1977) and ScD (1997) from the University of Cambridge, where he was at Corpus Christi College. He undertook post-doctoral research at IBM in San Jose, California, and at the University of Manchester.
In 1980, he was appointed Lecturer at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). In 1983, he was appointed Lecturer and then Reader in Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Cambridge where he was Fellow and Senior Tutor of Magdalene College. In 1996, he was Director of the Centre for Theoretical and Computational Chemistry and Professor at University College London. In 2002, he moved to the University of Oxford where he was Head of the Division of Mathematical and Physical Sciences and Professorial Fellow of St John's College.