Kenneth Ruud is professor of chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Tromsø

University of Tromsø

The University of Tromsø is the world's northernmost university. Located in the city of Tromsø, Norway, it was established in 1968, and opened in 1972. It is one of eight universities in Norway. The University of Tromsø is the largest research and educational institution in northern Norway...

, Norway.

He is author or coauthor of more than 150 scientific articles and director of the Centre for Theoretical and Computational Chemistry

Centre for Theoretical and Computational Chemistry

The Centre for Theoretical and Computational Chemistry was founded by the Norwegian Research Council in 2007. The duration of the project is ten years. The CTCC is split in two units. One unit is located at the Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo...

 in Tromsø. In 2008, he was the receipient of the Dirac medal from the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists.

He is one of the main contributors to the DALTON

DALTON

Dalton is an ab initio quantum chemistry software program. It is capable of calculating various molecular properties using the Hartree–Fock, MP2, MCSCF and coupled cluster theories. Version 2.0 of DALTON added support for density functional theory calculations...

program package.