Bio
I am a postdoctoral researcher in the chemical physics group at the Pacific Northwest National Laborotary. My work involves the development of electronic structure theory methods and the application of electronic structure on various applications of chemical and biological importance.
PhD in Physical Chemistry | Iowa State University 2014 - 2019
BS in Biochemistry | Kutztown University 2010-2014
Experience
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory [2021 - Present]
Topics: Solvated electron, excited states in squaraines, platinum clusters and surfaces, MBE for metals, machine learning
University of Colorado, Denver [2019-2021]
Topics: adaptive partitioning schemes, semi-empirical methods, thiol-protected gold nanoclusters, software development in GAMESS
Iowa State University [2014-2019]
Topics: excited states, spin-flip method development, gold clusters, DFT/TDDFT, software development in GAMESS.
Research Interests
- Multi-reference electronic structure methods
- Metal clusters and surfaces
- High-performance computing
- Machine learning and data science
- Functional programming in scientific computing
Hobbies
- photography
- science fiction
- football (Forza Milan!)