Expertise

My group is interested in describing the interactions of laser pulses with molecules. Laser pulses are getting shorter and more intense, allowing experimentalists to probe electronic and nuclear dynamics on their natural timescales. However, complex dynamics emerge at these timescales. Modern theories have difficulty describing non-adiabatic coupling, high-lying molecular excited states, and unbound electrons, especially for larger molecules.

Research Interests: Theoretical Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics

 

 

Degrees
PhD, University of Chicago, Physics, 2011
MS, University of Chicago, 2007
BChEn, University of Minnesota, Chemical Engineering, 2006
BS, University of Minnesota, Chemistry, 2006