Troy Van Voorhis

Troy A. Van Voorhis (born 1976) is an American chemist. He is currently the Haslam and Dewey Professor of Chemistry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.^[1]

Troy Van Voorhis graduated from North Central High School, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1994. He graduated with a B.A. from Rice University in 1997.^[1] While at Rice, Van Voorhis conducted research under Gus Scuseria, notably developing the first practical^{[citation needed]} implementation of a Meta-GGA in Density Functional Theory (DFT).^[2] He went on to pursue a Ph.D. in theoretical chemistry under Martin Head-Gordon at the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 2001.^[3] He went on to Harvard University for postdoctoral research with Eric J. Heller and David R. Reichman. In 2003, he joined the department of chemistry at MIT as a faculty member and was promoted to full professor in 2012. Since 2019, he has been the head of the department of chemistry at MIT.^[4]

Besides scientific research, he has made numerous videos with the Veritas Forum, in which he discusses his belief that science and religion are not in conflict.^[5]

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