Author: Mati Karelson

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 (full professor in theoretical chemistry at the University of Tartu from 1992) and R&D policy and administration. He is the Director of the Centre of Strategic Competence at the University of Tartu and the Chairman of Board of Tartu Science Park. 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.). He has been included in Marquis Who's Who in the World. 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.

Books Published by ChemTec Publishing:
Handbook of Solvents

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

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

Contact Information:
University of Tartu
2 Jakobi Street
Tartu
51014  
Estonia
Phone: +37/27 375 264 
FAX: +37/27 375 255
E-mail: Prof. Dr. Mati Karelson