Lucas Visscher
Professor In Quantum Chemistry And Multiscale Modeling at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolLucas Visscher is a Professor in Quantum Chemistry and Multiscale Modeling at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam with a decades-long track record developing quantum chemical methods that bridge wavefunction and density functional theory within multiscale frameworks. He specializes in relativistic quantum chemistry, subsystem DFT approaches, and coupling electronic-structure methods to statistical dynamics to enable precise, interpretable treatment of large molecular systems and environmental effects. His work spans challenging applications from photochemistry of biomolecules to actinide chemistry and benchmark molecular properties, reflecting a rare combination of methodological innovation and practical application. Notably, his career includes international research stints (NASA Ames, Marie Curie fellowship) and early contributions to stochastic configuration interaction and parallel relativistic algorithms, underscoring both deep theory and computational implementation expertise.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Ph. D., Chemistry, Ph. D., Chemistry at University of Groningen
Dutch, English, Danish
Github Skills (19)
orbital3
algebra2
routines2
prediction-model2
minimax2
approximation2
heterogeneous2
hpc1
blas1
autodiff1
quantum-chemistry1
quantum-algorithms1
energy1
quantum-computing1
shared-memory1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
MOLFDIR/MOLFDIR
Jul 2016 - Apr 2020
Contributions:8 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 9 months
LucasVisscher/SciProg_HF
Mar 2022 - Mar 2025
Contributions:9 pushes in 3 years
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