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Walter Kohn, Nobel Laureate, University of California Santa Barbara, presented the 2012 Green Family Lectures at the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics in May 2012. He delivered the following three lectures

Public Lecture:
A World Predominately Powered by Solar and Wind Energy?
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Fowler Museum, Lenart Auditorium
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Research Lecture:
Electronic Structure of Matter: Wave Functions and Density Functionals
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
CNSI Auditorium
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Density Functional Theory (Presented by Ann Mattsson)
Quantum Mechanical Methods for Drug Design (Provided by Dr. Kohn as supplemental material)
Nearsightedness of Electronic Matter (Provided by Dr. Kohn as supplemental material)
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Special Research Lecture:
A Physicist’s Approach to Macular Degeneration
Thursday, May 31, 2012
BH Conference Room, Jules Stein Eye Institute
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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY

Originally from Austria, Walter Kohn studied Mathematics and Physics at the University of Toronto. He then completed his Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics and a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University in 1948, followed by postdoctoral work at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen. Originally from Austria, Walter Kohn studied Mathematics and Physics at the University of Toronto. He then completed his Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics and a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University in 1948, followed by postdoctoral work at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen.

Kohn has made major contributions to the physics of semiconductors, superconductivity, surface physics and catalysis. He was the founding director of the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the University of California in Santa Barbara, which is one of the leading research centers in physics. He has received numerous awards including the Niels Bohr/Unesco Gold Medal, the United States National Medal of Science and the Richard Prange Prize. His role in creating Density Functional Theory, the most widely used theory of the electronic structure of matter, earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1998. In recent years, he was an active member of the U.S. government’s Basic Energy Science Advisory Committee and a consultant with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. In 2005 he produced a documentary on solar power entitled “The Power of the Sun.” Kohn currently works on Macular Degeneration, renewable energies and global warming.


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Walter Kohn, Nobel Laureate, University of California Santa Barbara, presented the 2012 Green Family Lectures at the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics in May 2012. He delivered the following three lectures Public Lecture: A World Predominately Powered by Solar and Wind Energy? Tuesday, May 29, 2012 Fowler Museum, Lenart Auditorium View abstract View Powerpoint Presentation Play Video Research Lecture: Electronic Structure of Matter: Wave Functions and Density Functionals Wednesday, May 30, 2012 CNSI Auditorium View abstract View Powerpoint Presentation Density Functional Theory (Presented by Ann Mattsson) Quantum Mechanical Methods for Drug Design (Provided by Dr. Kohn as supplemental material) Nearsightedness of Electronic Matter (Provided by Dr. Kohn as supplemental material) Play Video Special Research Lecture: A Physicist’s Approach to Macular Degeneration Thursday, May 31, 2012 BH Conference Room, Jules Stein Eye Institute View abstract View Powerpoint Presentation SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY Originally from Austria, Walter Kohn studied Mathematics and Physics at the University of Toronto. He then completed his Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics and a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University in 1948, followed by postdoctoral work at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen. Originally from Austria, Walter Kohn studied Mathematics and Physics at the University of Toronto. He then completed his Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics and a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University in 1948, followed by postdoctoral work at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen. Kohn has made major contributions to the physics of semiconductors, superconductivity, surface physics and catalysis. He was the founding director of the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the University of California in Santa Barbara, which is one of the leading research centers in physics. He has received numerous awards including the Niels Bohr/Unesco Gold Medal, the United States National Medal of Science and the Richard Prange Prize. His role in creating Density Functional Theory, the most widely used theory of the electronic structure of matter, earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1998. In recent years, he was an active member of the U.S. government’s Basic Energy Science Advisory Committee and a consultant with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. In 2005 he produced a documentary on solar power entitled “The Power of the Sun.” Kohn currently works on Macular Degeneration, renewable energies and global warming.

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