World Expert in Numerical Computation

André Bandrauk elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Professor of theoretical chemistry at the Université de Sherbrooke and member of CRM, André D. Bandrauk, was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) on October 31, 2003.

Professor Bandrauk will receive a blue and rosette pin from the AAAS in February 2004 in Seattle, in recognition of his exceptional accomplishments in the fields of theoretical and computational chemistry, particularly for his work in theoretical modeling and his discoveries of new applications of laser to chemistry.

Director of the Canada Research Chair in computational and photonic chemistry, Dr. André D. Bandrauk is well-known internationally for his work in numerical computation requiring parallel supercomputers with great memory capacity and high bandwidth. Founder of the Centre d'application de calcul parallèle of the Université de Sherbrooke (CACPUS), he is currently in charge of the theoretical chemistry laboratory at the Faculty of science of the Université de Sherbrooke. He is also a member of the Royal Society of Canada.

Created in 1848, the AAAS is the most important scientific federation in the world. It publishes the well-known scientific magazine called Science where one can find Fellow nominations.