Randić Milan

Corresponding members II. Department of Mathematical, Physical and Chemical Sciences
Randić Milan

Date of birth:

  • 1930

Place of birth:

  • Beograd

Emails:

Randić Milan

Corresponding members II. Department of Mathematical, Physical and Chemical Sciences

Academic titles:

  • professor doctor of Science

Membership in the Academy:

  • corresponding member – Department of Mathematical, Physical and Chemical Sciences (1/30/1997 – …)

Curriculum Vitae

Milan Randić, a Croatian and American scientist, was born on October 1, 1930, in Belgrade, is one of the leading experts in the field of computer chemistry.  He graduated in physics in 1953 from the Faculty of Science in Zagreb and received his Doctorate in 1958 from the University of Cambridge in UK. He worked at the Ruđer Bošković Institute (1960-1965) and was a full professor at the Faculty of Science in Zagreb (1965-1971). Since 1971, he has been permanently in the USA, where he taught at various universities and in 1980 became an associate, and in 1985 he became a full professor at Drake University (Des Moines, Iowa, USA).

At the Ruđer Bošković Institute in 1960, he founded a group for theoretical chemistry and was the first in Croatia to engage in theoretical chemistry. His scientific pathway developed through early works from molecular spectroscopy, the development of the method of maximum overlay and calculation of molecular integrals to the works of a mature scientist in the theory of valent structures and mathematical chemistry. Within the framework of the theory of valent structures, he developed a model of conjugated circuits, which became a standard model for studying aromatic molecules. In the field of mathematical chemistry, its most important result is the development of the connectivity index, which has proven to be the most powerful numerical index in the modeling of quantitative relationships between the structure and properties of molecules, and has encountered a large application in ecology and medical and pharmaceutical chemistry. He was also engaged in developing an approach to studying the global form of molecules using the concept of molecular profiles, which he developed himself and which, among other things, proved very suitable for studying the process of protein coiling.

He is one of the most cited Croatian scientists in general. He has won many awards and recognitions, is an honorary member of the Croatian Chemical Society, the International Academy of Mathematical Chemistry and the National Chemical Institute in Ljubljana. He was the founder of the International Academy of Mathematical Chemistry in 2005, based in Dubrovnik.

He has been a corresponding member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts since 1997.