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William Joseph Pietro (born 1956) is an American/Canadian research scientist working in quantum chemistry, molecular electronics, and molecular machines.
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Pietro was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. His education includes a B.S. in chemistry from the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute of New York, a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of California, Irvine, and a postdoctoral fellowship at Northwestern University.
Pietro was one of the founding authors of both Gaussian and Spartan electronic structure software packages. [1] [2] Pietro and co-workers Robert Hout and Warren Hehre invented the first algorithm for the high-resolution visualization of molecular orbitals. [3] [4] [5] Working in collaboration with John Pople and Warren Hehre, Pietro developed the first split-valence basis sets for transition metals and higher-row main-group elements. [6] [7] [8]
Between 1985 and 1991, Pietro was a professor of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where his research group pioneered the first working molecular diode. [9] [10]
Pietro is a professor of chemistry at York University researching theoretical aspects of electron transfer reactions in transition metal complexes. [11] [12] [13] [14] and the quantum dynamics of molecular [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] and biomolecular machines. [21] [22]
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William Joseph Pietro (born 1956) is an American/Canadian research scientist working in quantum chemistry, molecular electronics, and molecular machines.
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Pietro was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. His education includes a B.S. in chemistry from the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute of New York, a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of California, Irvine, and a postdoctoral fellowship at Northwestern University.
Pietro was one of the founding authors of both Gaussian and Spartan electronic structure software packages. [1] [2] Pietro and co-workers Robert Hout and Warren Hehre invented the first algorithm for the high-resolution visualization of molecular orbitals. [3] [4] [5] Working in collaboration with John Pople and Warren Hehre, Pietro developed the first split-valence basis sets for transition metals and higher-row main-group elements. [6] [7] [8]
Between 1985 and 1991, Pietro was a professor of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where his research group pioneered the first working molecular diode. [9] [10]
Pietro is a professor of chemistry at York University researching theoretical aspects of electron transfer reactions in transition metal complexes. [11] [12] [13] [14] and the quantum dynamics of molecular [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] and biomolecular machines. [21] [22]