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We are a theoretical research group at the Temple University Dept of Chemistry. The focus of our group is to develop and apply theoretical methods to study nonadiabatic phenomena and their potential implications.
Most chemical processes follow the Born-Oppenheimer (adiabatic) approximation, in which the nuclei move on a single potential energy surface. However there are important processes where this approximation breaks down. These nonadiabatic events play an important role in essential processes in nature such as photosynthesis, vision, charge transfer and photochemistry. Focus areas are: Photophysics and photochemistry of biologically relevant systems, such as DNA/RNA; Theoretical description of conical intersections and excited states; Understanding laser control of molecular dynamics.
We are looking for passionate new PhD students, Postdocs, and Master students to join the team (more info) !
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October 2025Congratulations! Prof. Spiridoula Matsika on receiving the 2025 ACS Philadelphia Section Award for her exceptional achievements in chemistry!. This award is given to individuals whose work has not only advanced the discipline but has also enhanced public appreciation of the profession.
July 2025Our work on excited state dynamics in o-nitrophenol is published in the Journal of Chemical Physics. Congratulations! Dakshitha, on your first first-author paper. It's time to party.!
March 2025Congratulations! Maneesh, on receiving PROM funding to attend the MolEx workshop, in Torun, Poland, and on being selected for the Telluride School on Theoretical Chemistry.
March 2025Maneesh successfully defended his Original Research Proposal A Deep Learning Approach to Accurate Excited-State Energy Calculations for Large Organic Molecules at the Complete Basis Set Limit. Congratulations! Maneesh, on becoming a Ph.D candidate!!
March 2025Hind successfully defended her Original Research Proposal Exploring Potential-Dependent Barriers in Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction on Fe Surfaces. Congratulations! Hind, on becoming a Ph.D candidate!!
February 2025Congratulations! Divya on publishing Impact of solvation on the electronic resonances in uracil article in PCCP! This work is also displayed on back cover of latest edition of PCCP!