Enrico Clementi

Enrico Clementi
Enrico Clementi
Born	November 19, 1931 (age 94)
Died	March 30, 2021 (aged 89)
Alma mater	University of Pavia
Occupation	Chemist
Years active	1954–2000
Known for	Contributions to computational methods in quantum chemistry and molecular dynamics

Enrico Clementi (November 19, 1931 – March 30, 2021) was a distinguished Italian chemist recognized for his groundbreaking contributions to computational methods within the fields of quantum chemistry and molecular dynamics.

He obtained his doctorate in Chemistry from the University of Pavia in 1954. In 1961, Clementi became part of IBM Research, where he initially led projects focused on atomic calculations and subsequently oversaw a scientific computing division until 1974. Elevated to the status of IBM Fellow in 1969, he guided research and development efforts in parallel computer architecture alongside foundational studies spanning chemistry, biophysics, and fluid mechanics. After retiring from IBM in 1991, he held a professorship in Chemistry at Université Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg from 1992 through 2000.

Among his notable distinctions are being named IBM Fellow (1969), election as Fellow of the American Physical Society (1984), serving as President of the International Society of Quantum Biology, receiving the Alexander von Humboldt award in 2001, and induction into the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.

Selected publications

E. Clementi, "Tables of Atomic Functions," IBM Journal of Research and Development, Special Supplement, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1965
E. Clementi, "Ab Initio Computations in Atoms and Molecules," IBM Journal of Research and Development, 1965
E. Clementi, C. Roetti, "Tables of Roothaan-Hartree-Fock Wavefunctions," Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Table, Academic Press, 1974
E. Clementi, D. Logan, J. Saarinen, "lCAP 3090: Parallel processing for large-scale scientific and engineering problems," IBM Systems Journal, 1988

Books

Enrico Clementi: "Tables of atomic functions," International Business Machines Corp (1965)
Enrico Clementi, Carla Roetti: "Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables," Academic Press (1974)
Enrico Clementi: "Roothaan-Hartree-Fock atomic wavefunctions," Academic Press (1974)
Enrico Clementi: "Determination of Liquid Water Structure," Springer-Verlag (1976)
Enrico Clementi: "Computational Aspects for Large Chemical Systems," Springer-Verlag (1980)
Enrico Clementi (Ed.), Ramaswamy H. Sarma (Ed.): "Structure and Dynamics: Nucleic Acids and Proteins," Adenine Pr (1983)
Enrico Clementi: "Biological and Artificial Intelligence Systems," Springer (1988)
E. Clementi (Ed.): "Modern Techniques in Computational Chemistry" series, Springer (1989-1991)
Enrico Clementi (Ed.): "Methods and Techniques in Computational Chemistry" series, STEF (1993-1995)
Jean-Marie Andre et al., including Enrico Clementi: "Exploring Aspects of Computational Chemistry," Presses Universitaires De Namur (1997)
Enrico Clementi (Ed.), Jean-Marie André (Ed.), J. Andrew McCammon (Ed.): "Theory and Applications in Computational Chemistry: The First Decade of the Second Millennium," American Institute of Physics (2012)

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