| March 1,
1999 MEDIA
ADVISORY
EVENT: Lecture by
Walter Kohn, the 1998 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry: "Electronic Structure of
Matter - Wave Functions and Density Functionals"
DATE/TIME: Thursday,
March 4, 1999, 4 p.m. (Reception begins at 3 p.m. in the Gardner room of the Robinson
Building Complex)
LOCATION:
Auditorium of the Robinson Building Complex, UCSD’s International Relations and
Pacific Studies
BACKGROUND: UC
Santa Barbara physics professor Walter Kohn won the Nobel Prize for his leading role in
the development of the density-functional theory, which has revolutionized
scientists’ approach to the electronic structure of atoms, molecules and solid
materials in physics, chemistry and materials science.
Kohn conducted early
research on density-functional theory as a founding member of UCSD’s faculty and
Physics Department. Kohn is the founding father of UCSD’s Judaic Studies Program.
Members of the media are
invited to attend the lecture and a reception preceding the event.
CONTACT: Mario
Aguilera, University Communications
(619) 534-7572, maguilera@ucsd.edu |
