Information
Membership Number: FCA2105
Membership Type: Full Fellowship
Division: Natural Sciences
Corresponding Email: Raphy@mail.huji.ac.il
Homepage(s): https://bioscience.ucla.edu/people/raphael-d-levine/
https://academy.ac.il/Index2/Entry.aspx?nodeId=809&entryId=18263
https://fhrc.huji.ac.il/people/raphael-david-levine
Present and Previous Positions
Max Born Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles and a member of the Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Fields of Scholarship and Research Interests
Levine is known for his contributions in the modern theory of chemically reactive collisions and unimolecular reactions.
dynamics in phase space, including the application of information theory
algebraic techniques for structure and dynamics in anharmonic systems
nanoelectronics and molecule based logic devices
chemistry under extreme conditions
reaction dynamics and mechanism in large systems including clusters and in solution
He has played a major role in the application of the principles of quantum mechanics to the description of physical change in a reaction from a microscopic point of view, introducing many new concepts and terms, which became standard to this area. His major works include the quantum theory of absolute rates, the first quantal treatment of molecular photodissociation, elucidation of the role of resonances in reactive molecular collisions, the theory of collision- induced dissociation, and the foundations of dynamical stereochemistry. He has honorary doctorates from Liege University (1991) and the Technical University of Munich (1996). His 2005 book, Molecular Reaction Dynamics, was selected by Choice as 'Outstanding Academic Title 2006'. He has received the Wolf Prize in Chemistry, the Max Planck Prize for International Cooperation and other awards including the Herbert Newby McCoy Award from UCLA.
Honors, Awards and Other Membership
Member of Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Member of the Max Planck Society
Member of Academia Europaea
Member of American Philosophical Society
Member of Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
Member of National Academy of Sciences of the United States
International Member of American Academy of Sciences and Arts
Selected Publications
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XbU0G_YAAAAJ&hl=en
Other Information
https://www.amacad.org/person/raphael-david-levine