Specialties

George A. Petersson

Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Chemistry
Office: SERC 706
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Biography





Selected Awards
Ph.D. California Institute of Technology

B.Sc. The City College of New York

Kitasato Medal, ​John S. Burlew Award from the Connecticut Valley Section of the American Chemical Society

Interests

Electron correlation in atoms and molecules, particularly as applied to transition states for chemical reactions. Development of efficient computational models for thermochemistry, kinetics, and reactive dynamics. The nature of bond energies. Computational spectroscopy in collaborations with Experimental Chemists.

Select Publications

“Improving the Fluorescent Probe Acridonylalanine Through a Combination of Theory and Experiment” Itthipol Sungwienwong, John J. Ferrie, Joomyung V. Jun, Chunxiao Liu, Taylor M. Barrett, Zachary M. Hostetler Naoya Ieda Amara Hendricks, Anand K. Muthusamy, Rahul M. Kohli, David M. Chenoweth, George A. Petersson, and E. James Petersson, J. Phys. Org. Chem. 31, 3813 (2018).

“γ-Ionylidene-type sesquiterpenoids possessing antimicrobial activity against Porphyromonas gingivalis from Phellinus linteus and their absolute structure determination” Tatsuya Shirahata, Chieko Ino, Fumi Mizuno, Yoshihisa Asada, Masao Hirotani1, George A Petersson, Satoshi Ōmura, Takafumi Yoshikawa, and Yoshinori Kobayashi,  J. Antibiot. 70, 695–698 (2017).

“Absolute configuration of iminimycin B, a new indolizidine alkaloid, from Streptomyces griseus OS-3601” Takuji Nakashima, Rei Miyano, Hirotaka Matsuo, Masato Iwatsuki, Tatsuya Shirahata, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Kazuro Shiomi, George A. Petersson, Yoko Takahashi, Satoshi Ōmura, Tetrahedron Letters 57, 3284 (2016).

“Iminimycin A, the new iminium metabolite produced by Streptomyces griseus OS-3601” Takuji Nakashima, Rei Miyano, Masato Iwatsuki, Tatsuya Shirahata, Toru Kimura, Yukihiro Asami, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Kazuro Shiomi, George A. Petersson, Yoko Takahashi, and Satoshi Ōmura, J. Antibiot. 69, 611 (2016).

“A Density Functional for Core-Valence Correlation Energy” Duminda S. Ranasinghe, George A. Petersson, and Michael J. Frisch, J. Chem. Phys. 143, 214111  (2015).

“Core-Core and Core-Valance Correlation Energy Benchmarks for Li through Ar” Duminda S. Ranasinghe, Michael J. Frisch and George A. Petersson, J. Chem. Phys. 143, 214110  (2015).