Angela K. Wilson
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Angela K. Wilson is a Professor of computational chemistry
Computational chemistry
Computational chemistry is a branch of chemistry that uses principles of computer science to assist in solving chemical problems. It uses the results of theoretical chemistry, incorporated into efficient computer programs, to calculate the structures and properties of molecules and solids...

 at the University of North Texas
University of North Texas
The University of North Texas is a public institution of higher education and research in Denton. Founded in 1890, UNT is part of the University of North Texas System. As of the fall of 2010, the University of North Texas, Denton campus, had a certified enrollment of 36,067...

 and co-director of the Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling (CASCaM).

Career

Wilson received her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...

 and worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is one of the United States Department of Energy National Laboratories, managed by the Department of Energy's Office of Science. The main campus of the laboratory is in Richland, Washington....

. She is the University of North Texas' first winner of an NSF CAREER award, the agency’s top honor for junior faculty. She helped create the CASCaM program with the funding and support from the University of North Texas, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, the United States Department of Education
United States Department of Education
The United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government...

, and the United States Department of Energy
United States Department of Energy
The United States Department of Energy is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government concerned with the United States' policies regarding energy and safety in handling nuclear material...

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Dr. Angela Wilson has been named to the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Physical Chemistry (JPC). JPC is the top journal within the subdiscipline of physical chemistry, which includes computational chemistry. Her term begins January 2010.
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