Dr. George Booth

Biography

George Booth joined King’s College London in October 2014 as a Royal Society University Research Fellow and proleptic lecturer. In September 2019, he became a Reader in Theoretical Physics. He holds an MSci in Physics from the University of Nottingham and a PhD in Theoretical Chemistry from the University of Cambridge. He has previously worked as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Cambridge and Princeton University, USA, and held the position of Junior Research Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge from 2010 to 2015. His research focuses on the interactions between electrons and nuclei that bind materials together and the specific interactions that give rise to diverse physical properties, including metallic behavior and biomolecular catalysis. He is developing novel computational methods to accurately simulate strongly interacting particles, emphasizing the systematic improvability of approaches. His research group applies these techniques to outstanding problems in electronic structure across various fields, from ab initio molecular to solid-state physics, with a particular focus on quantum mechanics and the limitations of traditional computational methods.

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