Mukunda Mandal has joined the group as a postdoc, most recently a postdoc at Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany
He is interested in Electronic Structure, Catalysis, and Reticular Frameworks. Welcome Mukunda!
Category Archives: People and Events
Ariadna Fernandez reflects on her experience as a Open Quantum Initiative Fellow with Gagliardi Group
Ariadna Fernandez, a senior computer science student at University of Illinois at Chicago, visited the Gagliardi group during the summer of 2022 as a Chicago Quantum Exchange (CQE) Open Quantum Initiative Fellow. Her latest blog reflects on her experience from discovering the opportunity on Discord to running quantum simulations. It was a pleasure having you with us, Ariadna!
Gagliardi group welcomes a new post doc and two graduate students!
The Gagliardi group is growing! We are delighted to welcome Andrea Darù as a post doc within our group and our newest graduate students: Bhavnesh Jangid and Jacob Wardzala.
Teffanie Goh selected as the recipient of the Olshansky Graduate Student Travel Award
Graduate student, Teffanie Goh, is selected as one of the recipients of a Department of Chemistry Graduate Student Award. The Olshansky Graduate Student Travel Award is part of a group of Department of Chemistry awards at the University of Chicago that provides funding to help defray registration and conference costs for students and postdocs presenting at scientific conferences. Bravo, Teffanie!
Four second year graduate students pass their candidacy exam!
Valay Agarawal, Matthew Hennefarth, Zihan Pengmei, and Shreya Verma passed their candidacy exams. Congratulations to the four of them!
The Catalyst Design for Decarbonization Center (CD4DC) has been awarded to UChicago and Laura Gagliardi will serve as Director.
Laura is the Director of the Catalyst Design for Decarbonization Center (CD4DC), a Department of Energy-sponsored Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC). The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded researchers at the University of Chicago $12.5 million to advance work aimed at finding innovative solutions for long-lasting hydrogen energy research — potentially offering a zero-emission alternative to fossil fuels. Based at the University of Chicago, the CD4DC will partner with researchers at Argonne National Laboratory, Clemson University, Northwestern University, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Stony Brook University, and the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the University of Minnesota. Read the article here.
Dario Campisi awarded a Humboldt Fellowship!
Postdoc Dario Campisi will begin a new role as a Humboldt fellow at the University of Stuttgart. Congratulations Dario on also being named the Head of Astrochemistry in the Kästner group. Bravo!
Laura delivers the Fred Kavli Innovations in Chemistry Lecture at ACS Fall 2022
The Gagliardi group had a great time at ACS Fall 2022, sharing nine oral talks and four posters throughout the meeting. Laura delivered the Fred Kavli Innovations in Chemistry Lecture on Tuesday, August 23rd entitled Quantum leaps: Chemistry and creativity in a changing world. Her keynote explored how theory, computation, and machine intelligence can work together to help create a more sustainable world and address environmental challenges such as water scarcity, global warming, and clean energy. See you at the next meeting!
Dr. Thais Scott successfully defended her doctoral thesis
Dr. Thais Scott successfully defended her doctoral thesis with the title “Multi-Configuration Pair-Density Functional Theory Developments and Applications to Photochemically Relevant Excited States.” Thais has been selected as a Molecular Sciences Software Institute (MolSSI) Software Fellow at the University of California, Irvine. Bravo, Thais!
Laura reflects on the past six months of serving as JCTC Editor-in-Chief
Laura shares what is next for the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation and reflects on serving as Editor-in-Chief in the journal’s recent editorial. The article highlights emerging topics that will receive JCTC’s support and the journal’s societal responsibilities beyond knowledge generation and technological innovation. Read more here.