Jeremy Mark Hutson (born 7 May 1957) is a British theoretical chemist noted for his research into the theory of ultracold molecules, as well as previous work on Van der Waals molecules and their spectroscopy.
Education Hutson graduated with first-class honours in Chemistry from Wadham College, Oxford in 1979. He earned his doctorate from Hertford College, Oxford two years later under the supervision of Brian J. Howard.
Career and research From 1981–1983, Hutson worked as a post-doctoral research fellow in the group of Robert J. LeRoy at the University of Waterloo. In 1983, Hutson became at independent research fellow at Pembroke College, Cambridge, before taking up a position as a Lecturer at Durham University in 1987. He was promoted to Reader in 1993 and Professor in 1996. Hutson was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2010. He served as head of the Durham University Department of Chemistry from 1998–2001.
Hutson was a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Chemical Physics from 1997–1999, and of Molecular Physics from 2000–2005.
Awards and honours 1991: RSC Corday–Morgan Medal. 2007: Kołos Medal. 2010: Fellow of the Royal Society. 2011: RSC Tilden Prize 2016: Institute of Physics Joseph Thomson Medal and Prize.
Personal life Since 1998, Hutson has produced work on the history of Tudhoe and the wider County Durham area.
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