Biographical Sketch of David A. Micha

Born in Argentina. U.S. citizen since 1974.

Education

Lic. Phys. (M.Sc.), University of Cuyo, Bariloche, Argentina, 1962
Fil. Lic. (Ph.D.), University of Uppsala, Sweden, 1965
Fil. Doktor (D.Sc.), University of Uppsala, Sweden, 1966

Professional Record

Appointments

Research Associate, Quantum Chemistry Group, University of Uppsala, Sweden, November 1965-January 1966
Research Associate, Theoretical Chemistry Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, May 1966-July 1967
Assistant Research Physicist, Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences and Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego (La Jolla), August 1967-August 1969
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, September 1969-June 1974
Professor of Chemistry and Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, July 1974-December 2007
Emeritus and Adjoint Professor of Chemistry and Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, January 2008-present

Visiting professorship and scientist positions

Visiting Research Associate, Department of Physics, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, March-April 1966
Visiting Lamberg Professor, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, July-December 1970
Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry and College Observatory, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, September-December 1972
Visiting Professor, Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, July-September 1973
Von Humboldt Senior Scientist Awardee, Max-Planck Inst. Fur Stroemungsforschung, Goettingen, West Germany, July-December 1976
Visiting Professor, Quantum Chemistry Department, Uppsala University, Sweden, January-April 1977
Visiting Professor, Physics Department, Imperial College, London, England, April-July 1977
Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck Inst. Fur Stroemungsforschung, Goettingen, West Germany, September 1980
Visiting Research Physicist, Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, August-November 1982
Visiting Fellow, JILA and University of Colorado, Boulder, January-June 1983
Visiting Professor, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, July-September 1983
Faculty Research Participant, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, June-July 1984
Visiting Scientist, Quantum Chemistry Department, Uppsala University, July-August 1986
Visiting Professor, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 1988, and May, 1995.
Visiting Scientist, Institute for Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics, Harvard University, August-December, 1990.
Visiting Scientist, Chemistry Department and Supercomputer Computations Research Institute, Florida State University, January-May, 1991.
von Humboldt Foundation Visiting Professor, Max Planck Institute fur Astrophysik, Munich, and Max Planck Institute fur Stroemungsforschung, Goettingen, Germany, May-July, 1996, and May-June, 1997.
Visiting Scientist Fellowship, Institute for Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics, Harvard University- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, June-August 1998; April-July 2000.
Visiting Scientist, Chemistry Department, Ecole Normal Superieur, Paris, France, May 2004, May 2005, May 2008.
Visiting scientist, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA, May 2009

Membership in Professional Societies

American Physical Society (Fellow)
American Chemical Society

Membership in Honorary Societies and Other Honors

Fellowship, Swedish International Development Agency, 1962-65
Member, Society of the Sigma Xi, 1966
Docent, University of Uppsala, 1968
Fellow, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1971-74
Visiting Lamberg Professor, University of Gothenburg, 1971
U.S. Senior Scientist Award, A. Von Humboldt Foundation, W. Germany, 1976, and 1996
Fellow, American Physical Society, 1976
J.I.L.A. Fellow, National Bureau of Standards, 1983
Sigma Xi Senior Faculty Research Award, University of Florida, 1985
Listed in "American Men and Women of Science" (Reed Publ. Co, 1992) and following ones.
Listed in “Who-is-Who in Science and Engineering”, 2nd and later editions (Marquis, 1993).
Listed in “Who-is-Who in America”, 49th and later editions (Marquis, 1995)
University of Florida Teaching Award, 1996-97
University of Florida Award to Outstanding Faculty, 1999.
Dreyfus Foundation Mentors Award, 2008

Research Funding

Principal Investigator, American Chemical Society - Petroleum Research Fund, Grant, 1969-72
Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation Grant, 1971-2009
Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, 1971-73; extended to 1973-75
NATO Research Collaboration Grant, 1976-82
Oak Ridge Participation Contract, 1977-86
National Resource for Computation in Chemistry, 1978-80
A. Von Humboldt Foundation Senior Scientist Award, 1976-77
Co-Principal Investigator, NASA, 1981-83
Co-Principal Investigator, Office of Naval Research Chemistry Division, 1993-2000
Dreyfus Foundation, Mentors Award, 2008-10

Present Research Interests

Energy and electron transfer, and light emission-absorption at solid surfaces
Dissipative dynamics of molecular systems and materials using density operator theory
Energy transfer, electron transfer, light emission, and reactions in gas phase collisions
Molecular photodissociation, and photodesorption from surfaces
Dynamics of atomic clusters
Intermolecular forces
Few- and many-body theory of atomic collisions
Time-dependent molecular orbital theory and many-electron theory
Computational methods of molecular scattering and electronic structure
Computational methods for the molecular dynamics of extended systems
Visualization and animation of molecular phenomena

Professional Activities

Director, Center for Chemical Physics, UF, 1982-91
Center for Chemical Physics Committee, UF, 1991-2002
Member of the Advisory Editorial Board, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 1979-1988.
Member, Editorial Board, "Few-Body Systems" (Acta Physica Austriaca), 1985-present.
Vice-chairman and Chairman, American Physical Society Topical Group on Few-body Systems and Multiparticle Dynamics, 1986-89.
Editor, Plenum Publishing Corp. Book Series on "Finite Systems and Multiparticle Dynamics", 1990-2005.
Co-organizer, "Sanibel Symposium on Theory and Computation for the Molecular and Materials Sciences", Univ. of Florida, 1985-present.
Organizer, "US-Latin American Workshop on Theoretical and Computational Aspects of Molecular and Materials Sciences", Univ. of Florida, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2001; Cuernavaca, Mexico, 1999, 2003, 2007.
Head, Division of Physical Chemistry, Chemistry Department, Univ. of Florida, 1999-2005
Co-organizer, Paris Workshop on the “Quantum Dynamics of Complex Molecular Systems”, 2005, 2007.
Co-organizer, IMA, Univ. of Minnesota workshop on “Coherence, Control, and Dissipation”, March 2009