Research Interests

• Electronic structure of organic polymers

• Electron correlation in models for organic molecules

• Many-body valence-bond theory

• Chemical graph theory

• Theory of elemental carbon clusters

• Polymer statistics and excluded volume

• Group-theoretic methods in chemistry and physics

 Academic Background

• B.S., Oregon State University, 1965.

• M.A., University of Texas, 1967.

• Ph.D., University of Texas, 1969.

Teaching

• Physics

• Eco-environmental Modeling

Selected Publications

• S. B. Santra, W. A. Seitz, & D. J. Klein, “Directed self-avoiding walks in random media”, Physical Review E, 63 (2001) 067101-1-4.

• O. Ivanciuc, L. Bytautas, & D. J. Klein, “Mean Field Resonating-Valence-Bond Theory for Unpaired Pi-Electrons in Benzenoid Carbon Species”, Journal of Chemical Physics (2002).

• D. J. Klein & O. Ivanciuc, “Graph Cyclicity, Excess Conductance, & Resistance Deficit”, Journal of Mathematical Chemistry (2002).

• D. J. Klein & A. T. Balaban, “The Eight Classes of Positive-Curvature Graphitic Nanocones”, Journal of Chemical Information & Modeling 46 (2006) 307-320.

• D. J. Klein & T. Ivanciuc, “Directed Reaction Graphs as Posets”, pages 35-60 in Partial Order in Environmental Science and Chemistry, ed. R. Bruggemann & L. Carlsen (Springer Verlag, Berlin, 2006).

• D. J. Klein, “Defected/decorated benzenoid/graphitic nanostructures”, Pure & Applied Chemistry 80 (2008) 1399-1414.

Douglas J. Klein

Marine Sciences

Texas A&M University at Galveston

kleind@tamug.edu     

Phone: (409)740-4512  

Fax: (409)740-4429