Axel D. Becke
Professor Emeritus, Harry Shirreff Professor of Chemical Research (Emeritus)
Department of Chemistry
Email: axel.becke@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-2986
Mailing Address:
Email: axel.becke@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-2986
Mailing Address:
Department of Chemistry
Dalhousie University
6274 Coburg Road
P.O. Box 15000
Halifax NS B3H 4R2
Research Topics:Dalhousie University
6274 Coburg Road
P.O. Box 15000
Halifax NS B3H 4R2
- Physical chemistry
- Computational chemistry
- Theoretical chemistry
- Quantum chemistry
- Density functional theory
Education
- BSc: Queen’s University
- MSc: McMaster University
- PhD: McMaster University
- PDF: Dalhousie University
Research interests
Development of new theoretical and computational methods for the electronic structure of atoms, molecules, and solids, with particular emphasis on the Density-Functional Theory (DFT) of electronic structure.
Selected awards and honours
- Canada Council Killam Prize in the Natural Sciences (2016)
- NSERC Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering (2015)
- Medal of the Chemical Institute of Canada (2015)
- Theoretical Chemistry Award of the American Chemical Society (2014)
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (elected 2000)
- Fellow of the Royal Society of London (elected 2006)
- Killam Research Fellow, Canada Council for the Arts (2005-2007)
- 1991 Medal, International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science
- 2000 Schroedinger Medal, World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists