Dr. Preston J. MacDougall
Professor
Departments / Programs
Degree Information
- PHD, McMaster University (1989)
- BS, McMaster University (1983)
Areas of Expertise
Theoretical Chemistry
- Development of Quantum Chemistry-Based Design Tools for Pharmacology and Molecular Electronics
- Computation and Analysis of Electronic Charge and Momentum Distributions
- Development of Models of Molecular Geometry and Chemical Reactivity
- Use of Molecular Modeling in Chemical Education
Biography
Dr. MacDougall participates in both the Molecular Biosciences and the Computational Sciences Ph.D. programs at MTSU. His area of research is theoretical chemistry, with interests in the development of quantum chemistry-based design tools for pharmacology and molecular electronics (please see publication list). He is also engaged in the development of models of molecular geometry and chemical reactivity, and exploring the use of molecular modeling in chemical education. He has been an invited ...
Read More »Dr. MacDougall participates in both the Molecular Biosciences and the Computational Sciences Ph.D. programs at MTSU. His area of research is theoretical chemistry, with interests in the development of quantum chemistry-based design tools for pharmacology and molecular electronics (please see publication list). He is also engaged in the development of models of molecular geometry and chemical reactivity, and exploring the use of molecular modeling in chemical education. He has been an invited speaker at universities in Italy, Germany, China and Australia, as well as many here in the United States.
Publications
- MacDougall, P. J. and Levit, M. C. "A Synthesis of Fluid Dynamics and Quantum Chemistry in a Momentum-Space Investigation of Molecular Wires and Diodes", pp. 139 - 150 in Computational Studies, Nanotechnology, and Solution Thermodynamics of Polymer Systems, M. D. Dadmun, A. Van Hook, Y. Melnichenko, D. Noid and R. Sumpter (eds.), Kluwer Academic (2000).
- MacDougall, P. J. and Henze, C. E. " Identification of molecular reactive sites with an interactive volume rendering tool", Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, vol. 105, pp. 345 - 353 (2001).
Presentations
"2020 Molecular Visulaization and Picotechnology", presented virtually at the 2020 American Chemical Society National Meeting and Expo (https://www.morressier.com/o/event/5e733c5acde2b641284a7e27/article/5e73d6ce139645f83c22b095 )
