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Akbar Salam obtained a BSc in Chemical Physics and a PhD in Chemistry, both from University College London. In 2003 he joined the Department of Chemistry at Wake Forest Universityas an Assistant Professor, and has been Professor of Chemistry there since 2014. His research interests lie in the area of theoretical and computational chemistry, with special emphasis on the development and application of molecular quantum electrodynamics to radiation-molecule and molecule-molecule interactions.

These include the study of single- and multi-photon absorption, emission and scattering of light, chiroptical phenomena and discriminatory processes, resonance energy transfer, van der Waals dispersion forces, and radiation-induced inter-particle interactions. Research efforts to date have resulted in the publication of two books – Molecular Quantum Electrodynamics: Long-Range Intermolecular Interactions, Wiley, 2010 [1], and Non-Relativistic QED Theory of the van der Waals Dispersion Interaction, Springer, 2016, [2] and over sixty-five peer-reviewed journal articles.

In 2005 he was the recipient of the Wiley-International Journal of Quantum Chemistry Young Investigator Award. Prof. Salam has twice held visiting fellowships at Harvard University and Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics’ Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (ITAMP), and has been a guest lecturer at the University of Salamanca, and a Visiting Professor at Kyoto University and the University of Sao Paulo.

[1] Salam, Akbar. Molecular quantum electrodynamics: long-range intermolecular interactions. John Wiley & Sons, 2010. http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470259302.html

[2] Salam, Akbar. "Non-Relativistic QED Theory of the van der Waals Dispersion Interaction." SpringerBriefs in molecular science, Electrical and magnetic properties of atoms, molecules, and clusters (2016). http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319456041