{{Short description|Theoretical chemist}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = David Tannor | honorific_suffix = | image = Tannor David.JPG | image_upright = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = David Tannor | native_name = דוד טנור | native_name_lang = | pronunciation = | birth_name = David Joshua Tannor | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1958}} | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1958|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | death_cause = | body_discovered = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | burial_place = <!-- may be used instead of resting_place and resting_place_coordinates (displays "Burial place" as label) --> | burial_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | monuments = | nationality = | other_names = | siglum = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = *Columbia (BA, 1978) *UCLA (PhD, 1983) | occupation = Theoretical chemist | years_active = | era = | employer = Weizmann Institute of Science | organization = | agent = <!-- Discouraged in most cases, specifically when promotional, and requiring a reliable source --> | known_for = | notable_works = <!-- produces label "Notable work"; may be overridden by |credits=, which produces label "Notable credit(s)"; or by |works=, which produces label "Works"; or by |label_name=, which produces label "Label(s)" --> | style = | height = <!-- "X cm", "X m" or "X ft Y in" plus optional reference (conversions are automatic) --> | television = | title = Hermann Mayer Professorial Chair in the Department of Chemical Physics | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | spouse = <!-- Use article title or common name --> | partner = <!-- (unmarried long-term partner) --> | children = | parents = <!-- overrides mother and father parameters --> | mother = <!-- may be used (optionally with father parameter) in place of parents parameter (displays "Parent(s)" as label) --> | father = <!-- may be used (optionally with mother parameter) in place of parents parameter (displays "Parent(s)" as label) --> | relatives = | family = | callsign = | awards = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | module6 = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | footnotes = }} '''David Joshua Tannor''' ({{Langx|he|דוד טנור}}; born 1958) is a theoretical chemist, who is the Hermann Mayer Professorial Chair in the department of chemical physics at the Weizmann Institute of Science.
==Biography== Tannor has a BA from Columbia University (1978),<ref>{{Cite book |last=Barnard College |url=http://archive.org/details/barnardalumnae781barn |title=Barnard Alumnae |date=September 1988 |publisher= Barnard College |others=Barnard College}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | publisher= Columbia University | title=History of the Marine Biological Laboratory |url=https://history.archives.mbl.edu/people-and-courses/institution/columbia-university |access-date=2022-08-14 |website=history.archives.mbl.edu}}</ref> and a PhD with Eric Heller from UCLA (1983).<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.uscibooks.com/tannor.htm|title=Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, A Time Dependent Perspective, David Tannor|website=www.uscibooks.com|access-date=2020-02-22|archive-date=2002-11-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021119014530/https://www.uscibooks.com/tannor.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> He did his post-doc work with Stuart Rice and David W. Oxtoby at the University of Chicago.<ref name="auto3">[http://www.weizmann.ac.il/chemphys/tannor/home "David Tannor's Home Page; Highlights of Research,"] Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Chemical Physics.</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.israel21c.org/can-safed-become-israels-aspen/|title=Can Safed become Israel's Aspen?|first=Sharon|last=Kanon|date=June 15, 2007|website=Israel21c}}</ref><ref name="auto2"/> He is a black belt in karate.<ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto"/>
Tannor is a theoretical chemist.<ref name="auto3"/> He studies the effects of quantum mechanics on how molecules move.<ref name="auto3"/><ref>[https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9023398 "Award Abstract #9023398; Wavepacket Studies of Photodissociation and Reaction Dynamics,"] National Science Foundation.</ref><ref name="auto2"/><ref>[https://ice.digitaler.co.il/ice2/files/assets/common/downloads/publication.pdf "Reports"], ''The Israel Chemist and Engineer'', Issue 2, p. 94 (August 2016).</ref> He worked from 1986 to 1989 as an assistant professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, from 1989 to 1995 as an assistant and associate professor at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, from 1992 to 1993 as a visiting professor at Columbia University, and from 1995 to 2000 as an associate professor and since 2000 as a professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cpg.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/p_cpg/Chronik/2000/AV_Tannor.html|title=Prof.Dr. David Tannor; Chemical Physics Department, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel; Controlling Chemical Reactions Using Femtosecond Laser Pulses|publisher=Universität Wien}}</ref>
He is the Hermann Mayer Professorial Chair in the department of chemical physics at the Weizmann Institute of Science.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scholars.huji.ac.il/ronniekosloff/people/david-tannor|title=David Tannor|publisher=Fritz Haber Research Center of Theoretical Chemistry and Institute of Chemistry; Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel}}</ref><ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto"/>
Tannor is the author of ''Introduction to Quantum Mechanics'' (2007).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qsu-DAEACAAJ&q=%22david+tannor%22|title=Introduction to Quantum Mechanics|first=David J.|last=Tannor|date= 2007|publisher=University Science Books|via=Google Books|isbn=9781891389993}}</ref> He has also published or co-published over 120 scientific articles and reviews.<ref name="auto1">[http://www.weizmann.ac.il/chemphys/tannor/publications "David Tannor's Home Page; Publications,"] Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Chemical Physics.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.computational-chemistry-workshop.org/speakers-2015|title=2015 Symposium; Speakers|website=Computational Chemistry Workshops}}</ref>
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==External links== *David Tannor (November 25, 2013). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWKxY0lkAtQ "Control of Multielectron Dynamics and High Harmonic Generation"] (''video''). *David Tannor (January 26, 2016). [https://www.bilibili.com/video/av85235813/ "Quantum Transitions using Complex-Valued Classical Trajectories"] (''video'').
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