CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Michael W. Schmidt Associate Chemist 201 Spedding Hall Ames Laboratory Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011 Phone 515-294-9796 FAX 515-294-5204 mike@si.fi.ameslab.gov See his web page at http://www.msg.ameslab.gov/Group/Mike

PERSONAL HISTORY

• B.A. 1975, Saint Mary of the Plains College, Dodge City, Kansas
• Ph.D. 1982, Iowa State University
• 1982-1984, Postdoctoral Fellow, North Dakota State University
• 1984-1992, Research Associate, North Dakota State University
• 1992-present, Associate Chemist, Ames Laboratory

RESEARCH INTERESTS

The determination of molecular wavefunctions, particularly MCSCF; quantum mechanical properties including analytic derivatives; unusual bonding mechanisms, localized orbitals, parallel computation.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

"Developments in Parallel Electronic Structure Theory", G. D. Fletcher, M. W. Schmidt, M. S. Gordon, Adv. Chem. Phys. 110, 267-294 (1999).

"The Construction and Interpretation of MCSCF Wavefunctions", M. W. Schmidt, M. S. Gordon, Ann. Rev. Phys. Chem. 49, 233-266 (1998). 

"Approximate Second Order Method for Orbital Optimization of SCF and MCSCF Wavefunctions", G. Chaban, M. W.Schmidt, M. S.Gordon, Theor. Chem. Acc. 97, 88-95 (1997).

"Structural Trends in Silicon Atranes", M. W. Schmidt, T. L. Windus, M. S. Gordon, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 117, 7480-7486 (1995).

"General Atomic and Molecular Electronic Structure System", M. W. Schmidt, T. L. Windus, and many others, J. Comput. Chem. 14, 1347-63 (1993).