[1] Troy Van Voorhis graduated from North Central High School, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1994.
[1] While at Rice, Van Voorhis conducted research under Gus Scuseria, notably developing the first practical[citation needed] implementation of a Meta-GGA in Density Functional Theory (DFT).
[2] He went on to pursue a Ph.D. in theoretical chemistry under Martin Head-Gordon at the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 2001.
In 2003, he joined the department of chemistry at MIT as a faculty member and was promoted to full professor in 2012.
[4] Besides scientific research, he has made numerous videos with the Veritas Forum, in which he discusses his belief that science and religion are not in conflict.