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CURRICULUM VITAE
LAURA GAGLIARDI
IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
Academic Rank
Professor in the Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota
Graduate Faculty Appointment in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of
Minnesota
Education
Degree
Institution
M.A./M.S.
University of Bologna, Italy
Ph.D./J.D.
University of Bologna, Italy
[Ph.D. advisor: Gian Luigi Bendazzoli]
Date Degree Granted
1992
1997
Positions/Employment
University of Minnesota, Distinguished McKnight University Professor
University of Minnesota, Professor
Director, Inorganometallic Catalyst Design Center EFRC
Director, Chemical Theory Center
Director, DOE Nanoporous Materials Genome Center
2014-present
2009-2014
2014-present
2011-present
2012-2014
Previous employment
(associate professor University of Geneva, Switzerland)
(assistant professor, University of Palermo, Italy)
2005-2009
2000-2004
Postdoctoral appointments
University of Cambridge, UK
Graduate appointments
University of Bologna
1998-2000
1993-1997
Current Membership in Professional Organizations
American Chemical Society, American Physical Society
HONORS AND AWARDS FOR RESEARCH/CREATIVE WORK, TEACHING, PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT, AND SERVICE
2014: Distinguished McKnight University Professor
2010: Swiss National Science Foundation
2004: Annual award of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science to scientists
under 40, with citation: "for her innovative contributions to prediction and understanding of new
inorganic molecules using quantum chemical methods”
1993: Award 'Toso-Montanari' University of Bologna for the student with the highest-mark
graduation in chemistry
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Visiting Professorships or Visiting Scholar Positions
Lund University, Sweden Department of Chemistry, 2005; research on theoretical chemistry
University of Tokyo, Department of Chemistry, 2003 and 2005; research on theoretical chemistry
SERVICE AND PUBLIC OUTREACH
Service To The Discipline/Profession/Interdisciplinary Area(s)
Editorships/Journal Reviewer Experience
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, The Journal of the American Chemical Society (2013present); Inorganic Chemistry (2014-present) Journal of Chemical Physics (2010-), The Journal of
Physical Chemistry (2009-present); Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (2009-present);
Theoretical Chemistry Accounts (2009-present)
Committee memberships
Elected Alternate Councilor for the Physical Chemical Division of the American Chemical Society
(2013-present); Chair of the Theoretical Chemistry Subdivision Executive Committee of the
American Chemical Society (2012-2013); Officer of the Theoretical Chemistry Subdivision
Executive Committee of the American Chemical Society (2011-2012)
Organization of conferences, workshops, panels, symposia [indicate if served as chair or co-chair,
2000: European Summer School in Quantum Chemistry Riolo Terme, Italy
2005: European Summer School in Quantum Chemistry Palermo, Italy
2006: Symposium in honor of Bjorn Roos, Crete
2007: Molcas Workshop, Villars, Switzerland
2008: Swiss Summer School in Computational Chemistry, Villars, Switzerland
2012: Electronic Structure Theory for Strongly Correlated Systems, Palermo Italy
2012: 244th ACS national meeting symposium ‘Bridging the gap between quantum chemistry and
classical simulations’, Philadelphia USA
2014: 247th ACS national meeting symposium ‘Heavy Element Chemistry’, Dallas USA
2015: 249th ACS national meeting symposium ‘
Service To The University/College/Department
University of Minnesota [indicate dates of service activities]
Department/Unit Service
Director of the Nanoporous Materials Genome Center, University of Minnesota, 2013-present
Director of the Chemical Theory Center, University of Minnesota, 2013-present
Planning Staffing and Resources Committee, 2013-present
Graduate Student Admissions Committee, 2012-present
Graduate Student Symposium Committee, 2011-2013
Faculty Search committees, 2010-2012
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