Professor Mati Karelson

Prof. Mati Karelson, born in 1948, studied chemistry and obtained Ph.D. in chemistry at the Tartu State University, Estonia, in 1975. His professional expertise includes the university teaching  and research, being full professor in theoretical  chemistry  at  the  University  of  Tartu from 1992.    Dr. Mati Karelson has published over 150 scientific articles, numerous    monographs    and    monographic    reviews    (e.g. M. Karelson, Molecular Descriptors  in QSAR/QSPR, J. Wiley & Sons, New York, 2000.). In 1994, he was appointed the Adjunct  Professor in Chemistry at the University of Florida and in 1998 received the Honorary Fellowship at the Florida Center for Heterocyclic Compounds. In 2001, he was awarded with Estonian State Prize in Science.

Interests: quantum theory of molecules in condensed media, structure-property relationships, artificial intelligence in chemistry, molecular design.

Consulting: quantitative structure-property/activity relationships (CODESSA) quantum mechanical calculations of molecular properties and spectra in disordered condensed media.