David L. Beveridge |
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David Beveridge attended
the College of Wooster, Wooster Ohio graduating in 1959, with a major in
chemistry. After two years at
Monsanto Research Laboratory, he went for graduate studies at
the University of
Cincinnati. Based on his studies and research under the mentorship
of the eminent physical chemist, Hans H. Jaffe he was awarded the Ph.D. in
Physical Chemistry in 1965. He was granted
an NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship
to study molecular quantum mechanics at the Centre de Mecanique
Ondulatoire Appliquee in Paris, France with Dr. Odilon Chalvet 1965-66.
Beveridge continued his postdoctoral studies at Carnegie Mellon University
with Prof J.A. Pople, where he worked on the development of INDO molecular orbital
theory and carried out applications of the INDO method with some of the
first studies of unpaired
spin densities and hyperfine coupling constants in free radicals.
With Prof. Pople, he co-authored the book “Approximate Molecular
Orbital Theory”, published by McGraw Hill in 1970.
In 1968 Beveridge joined faculty of the City University of New York, at first in a joint appointment with Hunter College Chemistry Department and The Mount Sinai School of Medicine and subsequently full time at Hunter College. His research program there focused on studies of the structure of liquid water and aqueous solutions using theoretical physical chemistry and Monte Carlo computer simulation. This research was initiated under an NIH career development award 1972-1977, and subsequently supported by a series of research grants from the NIH Institute of General Medical Studies. In recognition of his research and teaching, he was named Thomas Hunter Distinguished Professor.
In 1986,
Beveridge moved from New York City to become
Professor of Chemistry at Wesleyan University in Middletown CT,
where his developing interests in biological water shifted the focus of
his research into molecular biophysics. In 1988, he was granted a Merit
Award by the NIH, and named University Professor of the Natural Science
and Mathematics. His current research involves theoretical studies and
computational modeling studies of the structure, motions, solvation, and
ligand binding properties of DNA and RNA using molecular dynamics
simulation. He served Wesleyan as Dean of Natural Sciences and
Mathematics, 1992-1999, where his principle divisional initiatives were
directed toward enhancements in the integration of teaching and research.
He has authored or co-authored some 200 papers in the scientific
literature. His teaching at Wesleyan now ranges from physical chemistry,
molecular biophysics, and computational biology to freshman seminars on
The Scientific Method and on Science and Modernism. In addition to
research and teaching, he now serves at Wesleyan as Director of the NIH
supported Program in Molecular Biophysics and Biological Chemistry.
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