Ernest R. Davidson

Ernest R. Davidson
Born	(1936-10-12)October 12, 1936 Terre Haute, Indiana,US
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Rose Polytechnic Institute
Known for	Davidson correction,Davidson diagonalization, Computational methods in quantum chemistry
Scientific career
Fields	Theoretical chemistry Quantum chemistry Computational chemistry
Institutions	University of Washington
Doctoral students	Philip Phillips

Ernest R. Davidson,born October 12, 1936, inTerre Haute,Indiana,is a former professor of chemistry,University of Washington(1961–1984, 2002–2020) andIndiana University-Bloomington(1984–2002).He graduated fromWiley High School,Terre Haute andRose Polytechnic Institute(BS chemical engineering), Terre Haute, andIndiana University(PhD theoretical chemistry), Bloomington, Indiana.

His name is associated with both theDavidson correctionand the "Davidson diagonalization"method which he applied toconfiguration interactionmethods. He is the author of over 400 publications, includingReduced Density Matrices in Quantum Chemistry,Academic Press, 1976.

He has been awarded many honors, includingGuggenheim fellowin 1974, member of theInternational Academy of Quantum Molecular Science(1981) and Fellow of theAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science(1985) and theNational Academy of Sciences(1987).In 2001, he was awarded theNational Medal of Science.

References

• His International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science page

External links

• His home page containing all his publications.