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David Thompson

Co-founder (Economics; Education)

David has made a career out of first making science and then designing tools that make science. His published work in both the physical and social sciences reflects his love of the scientific method as a way of making sense of the world. In addition to his work at interstitio.us, David is the co-founder of www.lunchroulette.us, a simple web-based process that’s helped facilitate tens of thousands of serendipitous lunch meetings in companies all around the world. He has also worked to help bring exposure to STEM careers to diverse and underserved populations. His writing has appeared on Forbes.com, HBR.org, and ScientificAmerican.com. David has a PhD in Theoretical Chemistry from the University of Cambridge and an MSci in Chemical Physics from University College London.

Publications

  • A physically motivated sparse cubature scheme with applications to molecular density-functional theory
  • Alternative Ornstein-Zernike models from the homogeneous electron liquid for density functional theory calculations
  • Numerical integration of exchange-correlation energies and potentials using transformed sparse grids
  • Crowdsourcing and open innovation in drug discovery: recent contributions and future directions
  • Electron correlation energy in confined two-electron systems
  • Comparison of several molecular docking programs: pose prediction and virtual screening accuracy.
  • Electron correlation in a hard spherical external potential: Wigner molecule formation and hybridization
  • Crowd computing: using competitive dynamics to develop and refine highly predictive models.
  • Free Energy Methods in Drug Discovery: Who We Are, Where We Are, and Where We Are Going
  • Information theory and Wigner crystallization: A model perspective
  • Two interacting electrons in a spherical box: An exact diagonalization study
  • Crowdsourcing in pharma: a strategic framework.
  • CONFIRM: connecting fragments found in receptor molecules.
  • Investigation of MM-PBSA rescoring of docking poses.
  • Lead optimization via high-throughput molecular docking
  • Three, four and five interacting electrons in a spherical box: an exact diagonalization study extended
  • Erratum: Two interacting electrons in a spherical box: An exact diagonalization study (Physical Review B (2002) 66 (235118))
  • Two interacting electrons in a spherical box: An exact diagonalization study
  • An introduction to quantum chemistry
  • Competitive data science: a tale of two web services
  • HETEROARYL NITRILE COMPOUNDS USEFUL AS INHIBITORS OF CATHEPSIN-S
  • The Superformula and model quantum systems as tools for learning
  • Thinking inside the box: Novel linear scaling algorithm for Coulomb potential evaluation
  • A confined noninteracting many electron system: Accurate corrections to a statistical model
  • Free Energy Methods in Drug Discovery: Current State and Future Directions
  • Serendipity in research and development: The promise of putting into place patterns for paying attention
  • An information‐theoretic approach to basis‐set fitting of electron densities and other non‐negative functions
  • Quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics strategies for docking pose refinement: distinguishing between binders and decoys in cytochrome C peroxidase.
  • GARD: a Generally Applicable Replacement for RMSD.
  • Lead optimization via high-throughput molecular docking.
  • A comparison of Hartree-Fock and exact diagonalization solutions for a model two-electron system.

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