Leo Radom

Leo Radom AC (born 13 December 1944) is an Australian computational chemist. He is a Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the University of Sydney. He attended North Sydney Boys High School. He has a PhD and a DSc from the University of Sydney and carried out postdoctoral research under the late Sir John Pople.^[1] Previously, he was Professor at the Research School of Chemistry at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. He has published over 460 papers.

Leo Radom AC
Born	(1944-12-13) 13 December 1944 (age 80) Shanghai, China
Nationality	Australian
Alma mater	University of Sydney
Scientific career
Fields	Computational chemistry
Institutions	Carnegie Mellon University Australian National University University of Sydney
Doctoral advisor	Raymond Le Fèvre Sever Sternhell
Other academic advisors	John Pople
Doctoral students	Peter Gill

He is fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1988)^[2] and in 2008 was awarded its Craig Medal for contributions of a high order to any branch of chemistry by active researchers.^[3] He is a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science (1989).^[4] Until 2011, he was President of the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists (WATOC) and organised the WATOC 2008 Conference in Sydney, Australia.^[5][6]

Awards and honours

In 2001, Radom was awarded the Centenary Medal "for service to Australian society and science in computational quantum chemistry".^[7] In 2019, Radom was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia "for eminent service to science, particularly to computational chemistry, as an academic, author and mentor, and to international scientific bodies".^[8]