John C. Tully

John C. Tully is a theoretical chemist, a researcher and Sterling Professor emeritus of Chemistry at Yale University. He is known for his development of surface hopping, a method for including excited states in molecular dynamics calculations.{{Cite web|title=International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science, Biography of John C. Tully|url=https://www.iaqms.org/members/tully.php|access-date=2021-03-13|website=www.iaqms.org}} Much of his career was spent at Bell Labs, from 1970 to 1996, exploring theoretical chemistry and surface science.{{Cite journal|date=August 2002|title=Autobiographical Sketch of John C. Tully|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp0213809|journal=The Journal of Physical Chemistry B|volume=106|issue=33|pages=7963–7964|doi=10.1021/jp0213809|issn=1520-6106|url-access=subscription}} In 1996, he became a faculty member at Yale University, where he pursued research in physical chemistry and physics. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science. In 2020 he was awarded the NAS Award in Chemical Sciences.[http://www.nasonline.org/programs/awards/chemical-sciences.html NAS Award in Chemical Sciences 2020]