On September 15, graduate student, Chad Hoyer (co-advised by Don Truhlar) successfully defended his thesis, “Electronic Structure Method Development for Excited-State Chemistry.”He is currently exploring postdoctoral opportunities. Congratulations, Chad!
Category Archives: People and Events
Laura elected to the WATOC Board.
Laura has been elected to the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists (WATOC) Board.
Four undergraduates join the group for Fall 2017
Welcome to four undergraduates, joining the group for Fall 2017: Molly Andersen, Michelle Anderson, Yesenia Vega, and Sunny Zheng.
Varinia Bernales receives a travel grant to present her research.
Postdoc, Varinia Bernales has received a travel grant to present her research at the 254th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C., August 20-24, 2017.Congratulations, Varinia!
Congratulations to Rebecca Carlson, who successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis, titled “A Study of Metal-Metal Bonds and Multiconfiguration Pair-Density Functional Theory,” on July 28.
She is considering several options for her future, including postdoctoral positions or a position in industry. We wish her the best.
Soumen Ghosh selected for 2017-18 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship.
Fourth-year grad student, Soumen Ghosh is one of seven graduate students selected by the Department of Chemistry for a Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship for the 2017-18 academic year. Soumen is co-advised by Chris Cramer. Congratulations, Soumen!
Gagliardi group welcomes undergraduate student for summer program.
The theory faculty are happy to welcome four undergraduate students to Minnesota as participants in the first Chemical Theory Center/Inorganometallic Catalyst Design Center summer program within the Department of Chemistry. They are here for 10 weeks (June-August) and will conduct research in theoretical chemistry. Katherine Kidder (Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA) is working in the Gagliardi group, under postdoc Andrew Sand, on multiconfiguration pair-density function theory; Hirbod Heidari (Sharif University, Tehran) is working in Don Truhlar’s group; Jason Goodpaster is advising Hunter Wilson (James Madison University, Harrisonburg, PA), and Qining Wang (Rutgers University) is part of Chris Cramer’s group. Welcome to all of you and we wish you the best with your summer research experience.
Molly Andersen receives two fellowships!
Undergraduate researcher, Molly Andersen, has received two fellowships: from the Department of Chemistry, the David A. and Merece H. Johnson Scholarship “for outstanding achievement in undergraduate research as well as overall scholastic excellence,” and from the School of Physics and Astronomy, the Hagstrum Award in Physics, which “is awarded to a senior in physics showing excellence and promise in their chosen field.”Congratulations to Molly.
Varinia Bernales has been honored with one of two Wiley/ACS Computers in Chemistry Outstanding PostDoc Awards.
Postdoc, Varinia Bernales has been honored with one of two Wiley/ACS Computers in Chemistry Outstanding PostDoc Awards. From the award notification: “This award is a testimony of the high impact and quality of your research, and, as future leaders in the field, you are going to contribute in shaping the computational chemistry of the future.” Read more on the Department of Chemistry web site. This is quite an accomplishment!
Jenny Vitillo joins the Gagliardi group!
The group welcomes new postdoc, Jenny Vitillo, from Università di Torino (University of Turin), Italy. She is co-advised by Laura and UMN Chemistry faculty member, Connie Lu. We are happy to have you here, Jenny.