- Peter Kollman
Peter Andrew Kollman (
July 24 ,1944 –May 25 2001 ) was aprofessor ofchemistry andpharmaceutical chemistry at theUniversity of California, San Francisco .He is known for his work in
computational chemistry ,molecular modeling andbioinformatics , especially for his role in the development of theAMBER force field andmolecular dynamics software package.Biography
Born in
Iowa City , Kollman obtained his B.A. fromGrinnell College in 1966 and his M.A. and Ph.D. fromPrinceton University in 1967 and 1970 respectively. He held a post-doctoral position atCambridge University and was hired by UCSF as an assistant professor.In 1995, he was distinguished with the Computers in Chemistry Award from the ACS.
He is survived by his wife, Mercedes, and 4 children: Eli, Sarah, Daniel and Artemis.
External links
* [http://www.biophysj.org/cgi/content/full/81/4/2422 Biophysical Journal obituary of Peter Kollman]
* [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/05/26/MNL58191.DTL San Francisco Chronicle obituary of Peter Kollman]
* [http://membership.acs.org/C/COMP/press%20releases/kollman.html American Chemical Society Division of Computers in Chemistry obituary of Peter Kollman]
* [http://pub.ucsf.edu/today/news.php?news_id=200105291 Obituary from UCSF today]
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