
Dr. Laura Gagliardi
Research Areas
Actinides, Catalysis, Classical Simulations, Electronic Structure, Machine Learning, Metal Organic Frameworks, Molecular Qubits and Magnets, Quantum Computing, PhotochemistryAcademic Rank
Richard and Kathy Leventhal Professor of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
Education
- M.A./M.S. University of Bologna, Italy, 1992
- Ph.D./J.D. University of Bologna, Italy, 1997
Professional Experience
University of Chicago
2020 – present: Richard and Kathy Leventhal Professor Department of Chemistry
2020 – present: Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, and James Franck Institute
2020 – present: Director of the Chicago Center for Theoretical Chemistry
2014 – present: Director of the Inorganometallic Catalyst Design Center (EFRC)
University of Minnesota
2019 – 2020: McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair
2014 – 2020: Distinguished McKnight University Professor
2009 – 2020: Professor
2012 – 2020: Graduate Appointment in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
2012 – 2020: Director, Chemical Theory Center
2012 – 2014: Director, Nanoporous Materials Genome Center
University of Geneva (Switzerland)
2005 – 2009: Associate Professor
University of Palermo (Italy)
2002 – 2004: Assistant Professor, University of Palermo
University of Bologna
2000 – 2002: Research Associate
Publications
- Comparing the reaction profiles of single iron catalytic sites in enzymes and in reticular frameworks for methane-to-methanol oxidation
- The OpenMolcas Web: A Community-Driven Approach to Advancing Computational Chemistry
- Linearized Pair-Density Functional Theory
- Dipole Moments and Transition Dipole Moments Calculated by Pair-Density Functional Theory with State Interaction
- Monte Carlo Simulations of Water Adsorption in Aluminum Oxide Rod-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks
Awards and Academic Achievements
Honors and Awards
2022: Fred Kavli Innovations in Chemistry Lecture
2022: Elected Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
2021: Elected Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2021: Faraday Lectureship Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry
2021: Elected Foreign Member of the Accademia dei Lincei
2020: Elected Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2020: Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry from the American Chemical Society
2019: Elected Member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science
2019: McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair
2019: Award in Theoretical Chemistry from the Physical Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society
2018: Elected Member of Academia Europea
2018: Humboldt Foundation Research Award
2017: Elected Member of the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists
2016: Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS)
2016: Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
2016: Bourke Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry
2016: Isaiah Shavitt Lectureship award, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
2014: Distinguished McKnight University Professor
2010: Swiss National Science Foundation Grant
2004: Annual award of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science to scientists under 40, with citation: “for her innovative contributions to prediction and understanding of new inorganic molecules using quantum chemical methods”
Visiting Professorships or Visiting Scholar Positions
2015: École Normale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris, France
2005: Lund University (Sweden), Department of Chemistry
2003 and 2005: University of Tokyo (Japan), Department of Chemistry
Named Lectures
2022: Fred Kavli Innovations in Chemistry Lecture
2019: Charles Coulson Lecture, University of Georgia
2018: The Borden Endowed Lecture in Theoretical Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle