Peter Kollman
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Peter Andrew Kollman (July 24, 1944āMay 25, 2001[1]) was a professor of chemistry and pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of California, San Francisco.
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Peter Andrew Kollman | |
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Born | (1944-07-24)July 24, 1944 Iowa City, Iowa |
Died | May 25, 2001(2001-05-25) (aged 56) San Francisco, California |
Alma mater | Grinnel College Princeton University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry |
Institutions | University of California, San Francisco |
Thesis | A Theory of Anomalous Water: A cyclic, symmetrically bonded form of water and related species have a stability comparable to their liquids. (1970) |
Doctoral advisor | Leland C. Allen |
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He is known for his work in computational chemistry, molecular modeling and bioinformatics, especially for his role in the development of the AMBER force field and molecular dynamics software package.[2]