TJ O’Donnell
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- O'Donnell Associates
Bio:
SIGGRAPH 1992
TJ O’Donnell is a computational chemist and computer graphics specialist. He has devised and applied techniques for visualization of a wide range of chemical data. In 1980, he received a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of Illinois in Chicago. As a postdoctoral fellow at the National Resource for Computation in Chemistry, he created the program GRAMPS, used by researchers throughout the world. As a researcher at Abbott Laboratories, he designed a molecular modelling system, with its graphics capabilities based on GRAMPS. In 1987, he formed a consulting company, specializing in computational chemistry and scientific visualization. He has published research articles on applied and theoretical computational chemistry and has created several films and videotapes. He is a member of the American Chemical Society/COMP division, American Association for the Advancement of Science and ACM/SIGGRAPH. He is currently serving as committee member to the Molecular Graphics Society.