People

Postdocs

PETER A. LIMACHER

Email: limach@mcmaster.ca
Research: Description of strong electron correlation using non-orthogonal geminal approaches, DMRG evaluation of polarizabilities in linearly conjugated systems. Background: ETH Zurich, PhD 2010

Graduate Students

FARNAZ HEIDARZADEH

Email: heidarf@mcmaster.ca
Research: Applying Machine Learning Methods in Molecular Property Prediction
Background: M.A., Shahid Beheshti University, 2010

IVAN VINOGRADOV

Email: vinogri@mcmaster.ca
Research: Coordinate transformations for improved sampling of the potential energy landscape.
Background: University of Toronto, B.Sc. Chemistry, 2005

PAUL JOHNSON

Email: johnsopa@mcmaster.ca
Research: Wavefunction ansätze for strong correlation, algebraic models
Background: BSc, Carleton 2009

AHMED KAMEL

Email: ahmedakamel@hotmail.com
Research: Finite Field Methods for Calculation of Nonlinear Optical Properties
Background: M.A. InHa University, 2008

MATTHEW CHAN

Email: chanmhy@mcmaster.ca
Research: Linear scaling constrained 1-RDM, Numerical optimization
Background: BSc, Carleton 2011

Alumni

SANDRA RABI

Email: rabiaa3@hotmail.com
Research: An efficient method for transition state optimization in redundant internal coordinates.
Background: McMaster, PhD 2012

STEVEN K. BURGER

Email: burgers@mcmaster.ca
Research: Fast Marching Method, String Method, QM/MM development and pKa calculations.
Background: Duke, PhD 2007

JAMES S. M. ANDERSON

Email: anderjsm@mcmaster.ca
Research: Conceptual density-functional theory for general chemical reactions and indices for predicting the quality of leaving groups.
Background: Queens University, B.Sc. Chemistry 2004

ROGELIO CUEVAS-SAAVEDRA

Email: cuevasr@mcmaster.ca
Research: Grid based solutions of the Schrodinger Equation.
Background: Instituto Tecnolsgico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, MA Physics, 2007

ANNIE LIU

Email: liuy34@mcmaster.ca
Research: The Fast Marching Method and indices for predicting the quality of leaving groups.
Background: B.Sc. Chemistry, 2002

DEBAJIT CHAKRABORTY

Email: chakrd2@univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca
Research: Comparision of Kenetic Functions.
Background: M.A. Physics, 2007

JUAN I. RODRIGUEZ

Email: rodrigji@univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca
Research: Grid-based techniques for density functional theory of basis-set- and basis-set-free electronic structure
Background: MA Physics, 2002

CARLOS CARDENAS

Email: cardena@univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca
Research: Nuclear reactivity indices in the context of spin polarized density functional theory.
Background: Universidad Andres Bello, PhD 2007