Former Group Members:

Wei-Qiao Deng, PhD, Chemistry
Current Affiliation
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Nagarajan Vaidehi, PhD (Chemistry)
Current Affiliation
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Markus J. Buehler, PhD (Materials Science)
Current Affiliation
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Haibin Su, PhD, Theoretic Materials Science^M
Focus
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Sam Cheung, Chemistry
Focus
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Shantanu Sharma, PhD Chemistry (2005)
Current Affiliation
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: ssharma at wag.caltech.edu
Tahir Cagin, PhD Physics
Current Affiliation
  • Texas A&M
Contact Info
  • e-mail: tahir at wag.caltech.edu

Wely Floriano, PhD, Chemistry
Current Affiliation
  • California State Polytechnic University
Contact Info
  • e-mail: wbfloriano at csupomona.edu

Yong-Hoon Kim, PhD, Physics
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Timo Jacob, PhD, Physics
Current Affiliation
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Yashar Kalani, Chemistry/Biology
Current affiliation
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Robert A. DiStasio Jr., Chemistry
Current affiliation
  • Berkely Graduate School
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: distasio at wag.caltech.edu
    Peter Meulbroek, PhD
    Current affiliation
  • Yahoo/Overture
    Contact Info
  • e-mail: meulbroek at wag.caltech.edu
    Ioana Cozmuta, PhD
    Current affiliation
  • Eloret Corp., NASA-AMES Research Center
    Contact Info
  • e-mail: ioana at wag.caltech.edu

    Rick P. Muller, PhD
    Current affiliation
  • Sandia National Laboratories
    Contact Info
  • e-mail: rpm at wag.caltech.edu, rmuller@sandia.gov

    Alejandro Strachan, PhD
    Current affiliation
  • Los Alamos National Laboratories
    Contact Info
  • e-mail: strachan at wag.caltech.edu

    Youliang Wang, PhD (Chemistry)
    Focus
    • 1. Surface science and catalysis.
    • 2. Electronic structure and reaction mechanism.
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: wangy at wag.caltech.edu

    Yanhua Zhou
    Focus
    • FF calculations
    • high pressure phase transitions
    • molecular dynamics in geophysics
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: yanhua at wag.caltech.edu
    Peter-Paul Knops-Gerrits
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: ppkg at wag.caltech.edu

    Daniel T. Mainz, PhD (Chemistry)
    Focus
    • structures and dynamics of self-assembled macromolecules (dendrimers)
    • Poisson-Boltzmann representations of solvents in MD simulations
    • ab initio and pseudospectral methodology
    • automated force field parameterization from ab initio data
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: mainz at wag.caltech.edu

    Francesco Faglioni, Chemistry
    Focus
    • VPO catalyzed reactions
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: cecco at wag.caltech.edu

    Jianwe Che
    Focus
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: jiche at wag.caltech.edu

    Ersan Demiralp, Applied Physics
    Focus
    • organic superconductors
    • inorganic glasses
    • Oxide Force Fields
    • Zeolites, Minerals
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: erd at wag.caltech.edu

    Ryan Martin
    Assistant System Administrator/Programmer

    Jeremy Kua, Chemistry
    Focus
    • Quantum simulation of surfaces
    Contact Info

    Hao Li
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: hli at wag.caltech.edu

    Yue Qi, Materials Science
    Focus
    • Metals and Alloys
    • Transport Properties
    • Phase Transformations
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: yqi at wag.caltech.edu

    Lu Sun, Materials Science
    Focus
    • Materials Science
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: lsun at wag.caltech.edu

    Guofeng Wang
    Focus:  Dendrimers
    • Stimuli-responsive macromolecule
    • Self-assembled dendrimer
    • Modeling using CCBB
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: gfwang at wag.caltech.edu

    Derek Debe, Chemistry (also with Prof. Sunney Chan)
    Focus
    • Protein Folding Theory
    • De novo tertiary structure prediction
    • Applications of Direct Monte Carlo (DMC) methods
    Contact Info

    Matt Carlson, Chemistry
    Focus
    • tertiary structure
    • prediction of proteins
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: mjc at wag.caltech.edu

    James E. Kendall, BS (Biology)
    MSC Assistant System Manager & 3-d Graphics Specialist
    Focus
  • Modeling of DNA Supercoiling
  • Visualization of Atomic and Molecular Wavefunctions
  • Scientific and Artistic Animation
  • Assorted System Administration
    Contact Info

    Ken Brameld, Chemistry (also with Prof. Dervan)
    Focus
    • protein/DNA interactions
    • perturbation MD theory
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: bram at wag.caltech.edu

    Michael Belmares, Chemistry (also with Prof. Kornfield)
    Focus
    • polymer FF
    • polymer blends
    • liquid crystal polymers
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: mpb at wag.caltech.edu

    Ruth Ann Bertsch, Chemistry (also with Prof. Chan)
    Focus
    • the process of protein folding
    Contact Info

    Erik P. Bierwagen, Chemistry (also with Prof. Bercaw)
    Focus
    • Ziegler-Natta catalysis
    • GVB theory
    • organometallic chemistry
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: epb at wag.caltech.edu

    Xiaojie Chen,, PhD (Physics)
    Research Staff
    Focus
    • semiconductor surfaces and interfaces
    • thin film growth
    • ab initio and semi-empirical molecular dynamics
    • density functional theory
    • structural phase transitions
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: xec at wag.caltech.edu

    Guanghua Gao, Applied Physics
    Focus
    • FF for polymers
    • MD simulations
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: gao at wag.caltech.edu

    Jim J. Gerdy, Chemistry
    Focus
    • new force fields
    • first principles vdW parameters
    • surface adsorbed monolayers
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: jjg at wag.caltech.edu

    Jin Song Hu, Applied Physics
    Focus
    • II-VI, III-V semiconductors (FF)
    • semiconductor superlattices
    • growth HgCdTe
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: jinsong at wag.caltech.edu

    Xinlei Hua, Applied Physics
    Focus
    • high Tc superconductors (FF)
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: xlh at wag.caltech.edu

    Mihail Iotov, Physics
    Focus
    • Diffusion in Polymers
    • Chemistry Applicatoins on Parallel Computers
    Contact Info

    Shaoyi Jiang
    Focus
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: jiang at wag.caltech.edu
    • Phone: (913) 532-4317

    Mo Li
    Focus
    • Molecular Dynamics
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: mli at wag.caltech.edu

    Chris Kankel
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: kankel at wag.caltech.edu

    Daqi Lu, Applied Physics
    Focus
    • optical properties
    • organic molecules and polymers
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: dxl at wag.caltech.edu

    Sue Melnik
    Focus
    • Semiconductor Surface Chemistry
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: msm at wag.caltech.edu

    Abner Mintz, Chemistry
    Focus
    • CdTe/HgTe surfaces
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: ajm at wag.caltech.edu

    Charles B. Musgrave
    Focus
    • semiconductors (FF)
    • ceramics (FF)
    • silicon surfaces
    • diamond growth
    • nanotechnology
    • fullerene nanotubes
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: cbm at wag.caltech.edu

    Jason K. Perry, PhD (Chemistry)
    Focus
    • ab initio quantum chemistry
    • catalysis
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: jkp at wag.caltech.edu

    Sunder Ramachandran, PhD (Chemical Engineering)
    Focus
    • polymer
    • molecular mixtures
    • solvation
    • scale inhibitors
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: sunder at wag.caltech.edu

    Ben Ramirez, Chemistry (also with Prof. Gray)
    Focus
    • protein design
    • enzymatic reactions
    • electron transfer
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: ber at wag.caltech.edu

    Toshi Takeuchi, Chemistry (also with Prof. Gray and Meade)
    Focus
    • electronic spectra of metalloporphyrins
    • macrocyclic cobalt drugs
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: tt at wag.caltech.edu

    Bao-Ling Tsai, Chemistry
    Focus
    • FF of silicon oxycarbides
    • Monte Carlo algorithms
    • amorphous and glass structures
    • thermochemistry CdTe, HgTe
    Contact Info
    • e-mail: blt at wag.caltech.edu
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