Francesco Paesani

Francesco Paesani
Citizenship
  • Italian
  • American
Alma materUniversity of Rome "La Sapienza"
Known forMany-Body Molecular Dynamics
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical Chemistry, computational chemistry, materials, biophysics
WorkplacesUniversity of California, San Diego
Academic advisors
Websitehttps://paesanigroup.ucsd.edu/

Francesco Paesani is a theoretical chemist at the University of California, San Diego.[1] He is also affiliated with the San Diego Supercomputer Center and Halicioǧlu Data Science Institute.[2] As of 2026, he serves as the Chair for the American Chemical Society Division of Physical Chemistry.[3]

Education

He received his Ph.D. in Theoretical chemistry at the Sapienza University of Rome in 2000. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, working with Birgitta Whaley, and at the University of Utah, working with Gregory Voth.

Research

Many-Body Molecular Dynamics

Paesani's most recognized works are for his data-driven many-body energy (MB-nrg) models, such as the MB-pol[4][5][6] water model. These models are trained on high-level quantum mechanical calculations, deconstructing the energy in terms of the individual contributions.[7]

Honors and awards

References

  1. ↑ "Faculty Profile Paesani, Francesco". chemistry.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 2025-11-01.
  2. ↑ "Francesco Paesani | Program in Materials Science and Engineering". matsci.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 2025-11-01.
  3. ↑ "Physical Chemistry Division Officers and Executive Committee - ACS Technical Division". Archived from the original on 2026-02-27. Retrieved 2026-02-25.
  4. ↑ Babin, Volodymyr; Leforestier, Claude; Paesani, Francesco (2013-12-10). "Development of a "First Principles" Water Potential with Flexible Monomers: Dimer Potential Energy Surface, VRT Spectrum, and Second Virial Coefficient". Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 9 (12): 5395–5403. Bibcode:2013JCTC....9.5395B. doi:10.1021/ct400863t. ISSN 1549-9618. PMID 26592277.
  5. ↑ Babin, Volodymyr; Medders, Gregory R.; Paesani, Francesco (2014-04-08). "Development of a "First Principles" Water Potential with Flexible Monomers. II: Trimer Potential Energy Surface, Third Virial Coefficient, and Small Clusters". Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 10 (4): 1599–1607. Bibcode:2014JCTC...10.1599B. doi:10.1021/ct500079y. ISSN 1549-9618. PMID 26580372.
  6. ↑ Medders, Gregory R.; Babin, Volodymyr; Paesani, Francesco (2014-08-12). "Development of a "First-Principles" Water Potential with Flexible Monomers. III. Liquid Phase Properties". Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 10 (8): 2906–2910. Bibcode:2014JCTC...10.2906M. doi:10.1021/ct5004115. ISSN 1549-9618. PMID 26588266.
  7. ↑ "The two faces of liquid water". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2025-11-01.
  8. ↑ "Award Details - NSF Award Search". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2025-11-01.
  9. ↑ "All Winners - ACS Technical Division". 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2025-11-01.
  10. ↑ "2019 Cozzarelli Prize recipients". Proceedings of the national Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2020-05-04. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
  11. ↑ "Division of Chemical Physics Fellowship". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2025-11-01.
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