Kenneth Ruud

{{Short description|Norwegian chemist (born 1969)}}

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| name = Kenneth Ruud

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| caption = Kenneth Ruud

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|16 September 1969}}

| birth_place = Fredrikstad, Norway

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| nationality = Norwegian

| field = Theoretical chemistry

| work_institution = University of Tromsø

| alma_mater = University of Oslo

| doctoral_advisor = Trygve Helgaker

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| prizes = WATOC Dirac medal (2008)

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Kenneth Ruud (born 16 September 1969) is a Norwegian chemist.

He is a professor of chemistry at the University of Tromsø. He is author or coauthor of more than 150 scientific articles and director of the Centre for Theoretical and Computational Chemistry in Tromsø. In 2008, he was the recipient of the Dirac medal from the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists. He is one of the main contributors to the DALTON program package.

In 2012 he was elected fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.{{cite news|url=http://www.dnva.no/c40213/artikkel/vis.html?tid=40214|title=Nye medlemmer 2012|publisher=Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters|language=Norwegian|accessdate=13 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927165727/http://www.dnva.no/c40213/artikkel/vis.html?tid=40214|archive-date=27 September 2011|url-status=dead}}

Since April 2010, Kenneth is president of the Norwegian Chemical Society.

{{cite news|url=http://www.kjemi.no/selskapet/pdf/raadsmoete-2012.pdf|title=NKS Radsmotet 2012|publisher=Norwegian Chemical Society|language=Norwegian|accessdate=13 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202613/http://www.kjemi.no/selskapet/pdf/raadsmoete-2012.pdf|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}

In February 2013, Kenneth was elected Prorektor (= Vicepresident) for research of the University of Tromsø.

{{cite news|url=http://uit.no/nyheter/artikkel?p_document_id=330104&p_dim=88209|title=UiT Rektor Valg 2013|publisher=University of Tromsø|language=Norwegian|accessdate=26 February 2013}}

He will take up this function on August 1, 2013.