Specialties

Theory and computational chemistry

Susan Jansen-Varnum
Analytical, Inorganic, Education
Inorganic synthesis of chemiluminescent solutions, design/evaluation of materials for liquid and plastic scintillation, science education across the K-20 continuum, profiling urinary creatinine and prostanoids, sex hormones in urine as a profile of biological age
Michael L. Klein
Theory/Computation
Theoretical and computational methods to study solids, liquids and assemblies of macromolecules, including those relevant to living organisms
Robert J. Levis
Physical/Analytical
​Ultra-intense laser fields, universal materials characterization via laser electrospray mass spectrometry, high spatial resolution tissue imaging, nanomaterials by design, remote detection of threat signatures by filament based Raman spectroscopy
Ronald M. Levy
Theory/Computation
​Computer simulations, statistical mechanics, and modeling to study the structure, function, folding, and dynamics of proteins in solution
Spiridoula Matsika
Theory/Computation
Photophysics and photochemistry of biologically relevant systems; conical intersections and non adiabatic effects; methods for excited states and conical intersections; understanding laser control of molecular dynamics
Francis C. Spano
Theory/Computation
Theory of electronic excited states in molecular aggregates, crystals and thin films; the impact of electron-vibrational coupling and disorder on photophysical properties and energy/charge transport in organic materials
Vincent Voelz
​Theory/Computation
Molecular simulations to understand protein folding, conformational dynamics and peptidomimetic design; statistical thermodynamics, bayesian inference, kinetic network models, distributed computing