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David J Tozer – Brief Biography

Professor David J Tozer


Department of Chemistry
Durham University
South Road
Durham
DH1 3LE UK

Tel. +44 191 334 2111
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David J Tozer – Brief Biography

Born 1970, Haverfordwest, Wales

1988-1991Triple First-Class BA Honours Degree in Natural Sciences, Churchill College, University of Cambridge
1989, 1990, 1991Scholarships, Churchill College, University of Cambridge
1991ICI Prize for Distinction in Theoretical Chemistry, University of Cambridge
1991-1994PhD, Analytic Derivatives of the Potential Energy Surface (Supervisor: N C Handy), University of Cambridge
1994-1995Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Cray Research Inc, Eagan, MN, USA
1995-1998Junior Research Fellow, Churchill College, University of Cambridge
1998-2005Lecturer, Durham University
2005-2009Reader, Durham University
2007Corday-Morgan Medal and Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry
2009-Professor, Durham University

137 papers published in international journals (~15,000 citations; h=54; Google Scholar).

95 invited lectures at international conferences and research institutions.

UK representative on the International Scientific Committee of the biennial international conference on DFT and its Applications (Geneva, 2005; Amsterdam, 2007; Lyon, 2009; Athens, 2011; Durham, 2013; Debrecen, 2015; Tallberg, 2017; Alicante, 2019; Brussels, 2022; Paris, 2024). Teacher and member of the Board of Directors of the European Summer School in Quantum Chemistry (Sicily, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017). Member of Molecular Physics Advisory Board. Member of Chemical Physics Letters Advisory Editorial Board. Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.