Professor
College of Letters and Sciences | Department of Chemistry
Daniel Fredrickson is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison whose research group combines the theory and experiment in the development of predictive principles for the structural chemistry and physical behavior of intermetallic phases. Central themes of this research are (1) creating of theoretical tools that translate the dense numerical output of DFT calculations into guidance for the discovery of new structural phenomena, and (2) tracing the origins of complex structures, such as incommensurately modulated arrangements, to bonding issues in simpler parent phases. His interests in the relationships among bonding, molecular orbital theory, and structure have roots in his Ph.D. research with Profs. Roald Hoffmann and Stephen Lee at Cornell University, while his endeavors in solid state synthesis and crystallography grow from with his post-doctoral work with Prof. Sven Lidin, then at Stockholm University.
Talks:
New Materials: Exploring the Vast Possibilities Inherent in the Periodic Table
Humanity has been creating new combinations of metals since the start of the Bronze Age, and yet the chemistry of metals continues to be a frontier of science. This talk explores the wonders of these materials at the atomic level and how we are learning to navigate their world.