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So Hirata,
Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Quantum Theory
Project
Center for
Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Departments of
Chemistry and Physics
University
of Florida
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Experience
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Assistant Professor (Department of Chemistry, University of Florida) 2004–Present.
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Senior Research Scientist (Pacific Northwest Nat’l Laboratory)
2001–04.
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Visiting Assistant in
Postdoctoral Program (University
of Florida)
2000–01 (with Professor Rodney J. Bartlett).
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow (University of Florida)
1999–2000.
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Visiting Scholar (University of California,
Berkeley) 1998–99 (with Professor Martin Head-Gordon).
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JSPS Fellow (Japan
Society for the Promotion of Science) 1996–99.
Other appointments
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Affiliate Assistant Professor (Department of Physics, University of Florida) 2007–Present.
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Adjunct Associate Professor (Hiroshima University) 2004–Present.
Education
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Ph.D. (Theoretical Chemistry; The
Graduate University for Advanced Studies / Institute for Molecular Science,
Okazaki, 1998; Supervisor: Professor Suehiro Iwata).
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M.Sc. (Physical Chemistry; The
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 1996; Supervisor: Professor Mitsuo Tasumi).
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B.Sc. (Chemistry; The University of
Tokyo, Tokyo, 1994; Supervisor: Professor Mitsuo Tasumi).
Awards and Grants
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American Chemical Society
Petroleum Research Fund, PRF# 48440-AC 6 (2008–10) “Predictive Property
Simulations for Plastic Photovoltaics,” $100,000.
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Hewlett–Packard
Outstanding Junior Faculty Award (2008), ACS COMP division and Hewlett–Packard
Company, $1,000.
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U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy
Sciences, Grant No. DE-FG02-04ER15621 (2007–10) “Breakthrough
Design and Implementation of Many-Body Electronic and Vibrational
Theories,” $330,000.
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U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy
Sciences, Grant No. DE-FG02-04ER15621 (2004–07) “Breakthrough
Design and Implementation of Many-Electron Theories for Electron
Correlation,” $349,998.
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University of Illinois, Urbana-Champange, MCC Travel
Award (2005), $600.
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U.S. National Science Foundation, Grant No. CHE-0450462
(2004–06) “ITR/AP Collaborative Research: Synthesis of
High-Performance Algorithms for Electronic Structure Calculations,”
$63,000.
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University of Florida Research Opportunity
Incentive Seed Fund (2005–06) “Modern Theory for Correlated
Nuclear Motions,” $32,571.
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Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellowship for Young
Scientists (1996–99).
Publications
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Author of over 70 peer-reviewed or submitted journal articles,
conference proceedings, review, book chapters, Ph.D., M.Sc., B.Sc. theses.
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Principal author or coauthor of several high-performance quantum
chemistry computer software packages.
Professional Activities
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Invited speaker of numerous international scientific conferences
and lectures. Principal author of many poster presentations.
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Reviewers for The Journal of
Chemical Physics, The Journal of
Physical Chemistry, Theoretical
Chemistry Accounts, Chemical
Physics, International Journal of
Quantum Chemistry, The Journal of
Computational Chemistry, Petroleum
Research Fund, U.S. Department of
Energy, and National Science
Foundation, etc.
Memberships
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American Chemical Society
Miscellaneous
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