Hall wins 2015 FOMMS Medal

Dr. Carol Hall, the Camille Dreyfus Distinguished University Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University, has been selected to receive the 2015 Foundations of Molecular Modeling and Simulation (FOMMS) Medal.

FOMMS is an international conference showcasing the applications and theory of computational quantum chemistry, molecular science, and engineering simulation. Hall is the third recipient of the FOMMS Medal, which has been awarded every three years since it was first given in 2009.

She is being recognized for her numerous contributions to the field of molecular theory, modeling and simulation. Hall has been a leader in several research areas, including phase separation in colloidal suspensions and equations of state for alkanes and polymers. She is also at the forefront of simulations–based research efforts to understand the aggregation of proteins in Alzheimer’s disease.

Hall has garnered numerous awards and honors since joining the NC State faculty in 1985. She has been a distinguished lecturer at many universities; has received the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Extension; and was named one of the “One Hundred Engineers of the Modern Era” by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). Hall is a Fellow of AIChE and the American Physical Society, and has been a member of the National Academy of Engineering since 2005.

She is the founding co-principal investigator and co-director of the National Science Foundation-funded Triangle Materials Research Science and Engineering Center.

Hall is the second NC State engineering faculty member to win the FOMMS Medal. Dr. Keith Gubbins, W. “H” Clark Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, received the medal in 2009.

Hall received her Ph.D. from Stony Brook University in 1972.