PAUL GRANT SEYBOLD

CONTACT INFORMATION

Business          Department of Chemistry                               Tel. (937) 775-2407
Address:          Wright State University                                  Fax. (937) 775-2717  
                        Dayton, OH  45435                                        e-mail paul.seybold@wright.edu       
                       

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

B. Engineering Physics with distinction - Cornell University (1960).

Ph.D., Biophysics - Harvard University (1968).  Thesis:  "Radiationless Transitions and Fluorescence Yields."  Directed by Professor Martin Gouterman (Chemistry Department, Harvard University).

Postdoctoral - Quantum Chemistry Group, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden (1967-1969), with Professor Per-Olov Löwden (Uppsala) and Professor Inga Fischer-Hjalmars (Theoretical Physics Institute, Stockholm).

Postdoctoral - Biochemistry Division, University of Illinois, Urbana (1969-1970), with Professor Gregorio Weber.

PRESENT POSITION

Professor - Departments of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Wright State University, Dayton, OH  (1980-Present), Chair of the Chemistry Department (1999-2004).

Other Positions:  Visiting Scientist, Monell Chemical Senses Center, University of Pennsylvania (Spring, 1973); Visiting Professor, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Stockholm University (1978-79); Visiting Scientist, Chemistry Department, University of Washington (Summer, 1981); Visiting Scholar, Quantum Theory Project, University of Florida (Winter, 1986); Visiting Scholar, Chemistry Department, University of California at San Diego (1986-87); Visiting Fellow, Center for the Study of Biological Complexity, Virginia Commonwealth University (Fall, 2004), Visiting Scholar, Chemistry Department, University of California, San Diego (Winter, 2005).; External Fellow, , Center for the Study of Biological Complexity, Virginia Commonwealth University (2004-present)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Cellular Automata:  Agent-based simulations of complex molecular phenomena; Molecular Structure-Property Relations:  Statistical studies of relationships between molecular structure and properties; Applied quantum chemistry:  Chemical, biological and toxicological applications.  Molecular Spectroscopy:  Luminescence, especially the luminescence of organic compounds on surfaces; color changes of dyes; energy transfer. 

PUBLICATIONS

            Prof. Seybold is the author or coauthor of more than 100 scientific publications covering chemical applications of cellular automata, applied quantum chemistry, molecular structure-property relationships, molecular spectroscopy, and general science for the public.  He is a member of the Editorial Advisory Boards of the journals Chemistry & Biodiversity, The Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling, and Current Computer-Aided Drug Design.  For18 years he wrote the annual survey of developments in Chemistry for the Americana Annual, published yearly by the Encyclopedia Americana.  He has recently published a book, Modeling Chemical Systems Using Cellular Automata (Springer, 2005) with L. B. Kier and C.-K. Cheng.