Fellows
The School of Chemistry currently hosts a number of fellows supported by a range of funding bodies. Here you can learn a little more about their research interests and what attracted them to Nottingham. For more details of their research please click on their names.
Royal Society University Research Fellowship
(2011 - present)
Project Title: Ensemble Density-Functional Methods for Near-Degenerate and Excited States
Research Interests
I am a theoretical chemist and my interests are in the development of new approaches in electronic structure theory. We aim to improve the description and understanding of a wide range of molecular properties. In particular, my work aims to use information from high-level ab initio calculations to guide the development of more accurate extensions to density-functional theory. Specifically my interests include:
- Exploration of the interface between density-functional and ab initio wave function approaches as a tool to improve density-functional approximations
- The development of new density-functional methodologies and functionals, especially extensions beyond standard DFT implementations
- Ensemble density-functional approaches for the description of near-degeneracy effects and excited states
- Current-density-functional theory for the description of molecules in magnetic fields and their properties
- The calculation of molecular properties including structural, excited state and magnetic response quantities
Why Nottingham?
I returned to the UK for my fellowship after working abroad for 5 years and a number of factors led me to decide that Nottingham would be an excellent place for a fellowship including:
- A high quality research environment in the School of Chemistry with an active and internationally leading theoretical chemistry group spanning a range of interests including: fundamental molecular interactions, excited states, computational spectroscopy, bioinformatics and computational nano-science.
- The School of Chemistry being rated amongst the very best in the RAE as well as having an excellent reputation for teaching, consistently attracting the best students.
- Access to high quality university owned supercomputing facilities.
- An excellent track record for support of fellowship applicants and previous fellowship holders