Richard A. Friesner

Richard A. Friesner
Born (1952-08-09) August 9, 1952
Carle Place, NY
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
University of California, Berkeley
Known forDensity functional theory,
Protein structure prediction,
Force Fields,
Molecular docking,
Structure-based drug design
AwardsAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences (2008), National Academy of Sciences (2016)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsColumbia University
Doctoral advisorKenneth Sauer

Richard A. Friesner is an American theoretical chemist and William P. Schweitzer Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2008, and the National Academy of Sciences in 2016. Richard Friesner co-founded Schrödinger in 1990.