William Schneider
Department Chair, Chemical And Biomolecular Engineering at American Chemical Society
Granger, Indiana, United States
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Top SchoolWilliam Schneider is an accomplished academic leader and computational chemist with over two decades at the University of Notre Dame, currently serving as Department Chair and Keating-Crawford Professor of Chemical Engineering. His research expertise spans molecular simulation, density functional theory, and the thermodynamics and kinetics of surface processes, applied to energy-relevant heterogeneous catalysis. A committed mentor and educator, he has directed graduate programs, held endowed professorships, and shapes the field through editorial leadership at the Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Before academia he led fundamental catalyst chemistry research at Ford, blending industrial insight with academic rigor. Known for building collaborative research teams, he brings a rare combination of hands-on computational modeling and strategic departmental leadership.
11 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc., Chemistry, B.Sc., Chemistry at University of Michigan-DearbornPh.D., Chemistry, Ph.D., Chemistry at The Ohio State UniversityRedford Union HS
German
Github Skills (12)
chemistry10
reaction10
electrical-engineering10
materials-informatics9
chemical-engineering9
tsne8
react7
open-science6
python5
computational-chemistry5
issue-tracking3
anaconda1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
wmfschneider/CHE30324
Jan 2024 - Apr 2025
Physical Chemistry for Chemical Engineers
Contributions:1 review, 18 PRs, 72 pushes in 1 year 2 months
wmfschneider/CBE60547
Aug 2019 - Dec 2019
Computational Chemistry
Contributions:60 commits, 5 PRs, 60 pushes in 3 months
chemistrypythonc-plus-plusopen-scienceopenscience
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