TEXAS A&M AT GALVESTON

Douglas J. Klein

 

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).

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

Douglas J. Klein

Marine Sciences

Texas A&M University at Galveston

kleind@tamug.edu     

Phone: (409)740-4512  

Fax: (409)740-4429