Michael Zerner

Michael Charles Zerner (January 1, 1940 – February 2, 2000) was an American theoretical chemist, professor at the University of Guelph from 1970 to 1981 and University of Florida from 1981 to 2000. Zerner earned his Ph.D. under Martin Gouterman at Harvard, working with the spectroscopy of porphyrins. He conceived and wrote a quantum chemistry program, known as BIGSPEC or ZINDO, for calculating electronic spectra of big molecules. In 1996 Zerner was diagnosed with liver cancer, and died on February 2, 2000, survived by his wife and two children.

Michael Charles Zerner
Born	(1940-01-31)January 31, 1940 Hull, Massachusetts
Died	February 2, 2000(2000-02-02) (aged 60) Gainesville, Florida
Alma mater	Harvard University
Known for	ZINDO Quantum chemistry semiempirical theories
Scientific career
Fields	Computational Chemistry
Institutions	University of Guelph, University of Florida
Doctoral advisor	Martin Gouterman

External links

• Sabin, J. R. (2000). Obituary: Michael Charles Zerner. Advances in Quantum Chemistry. Vol. 38. pp. viii–ix. doi:10.1016/S0065-3276(00)38001-7. ISBN 9780120348381.

• Sabin, J. R.; Trinajstic, N. (2000). "Michael Charles Zerner (1940-2000)". Croatica Chemica Acta. 73 (2): A37.