S F Boys-A Rahman Award 2011 winner

Awarded for devising ingenious and innovative algorithms and methods that have enabled the simulation and understanding of properties of macromolecular systems and molecular assemblies

About the Winner

Michael L Klein was educated at the University of Bristol (UK) and held post-doc positions in Italy, UK, and USA before joining the staff of NRC Canada. 

In 1987, he moved to the University of Pennsylvania, where from 1993 he was the Hepburn Professor of Physical Science and Director of the Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter.

He is now at Temple University as the Carnell Professor of Science and Director of the Institute for Computational Molecular Science.