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- Tianchu and Pranay's polariton paper accepted in J. Phys. Chem. Lett.
Tianchu Li and Pranay Venkatesh’s paper on dark states in molecular polaritons is accepted in J. Phys. Chem. Lett.
- Andrés receives the JCP Best Theoretical Paper by an Emerging Investigator Award
Andrés receives the 2025 Journal of Chemical Physics Best Theoretical Paper by an Emerging Investigator Award for the group’s work on space-local memory.
- Anthony Dominic recognized by the ACS for leadership in mentoring
Anthony is a 2026 recipient of the ACS Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Recognition Program.
- Andrés receives ACS OpenEye/Cadence Outstanding Junior Faculty Award
Andrés is recognized with the 2026 ACS OpenEye/Cadence Outstanding Junior Faculty Award.
- Congratulations, Dr. Srijan Bhattacharyya!
Srijan Bhattacharyya successfully defends his PhD and heads to the University of Chicago as a CCTCh Postdoctoral Fellow.
- Matthew and Srijan's semiclassical dynamics paper out in J. Chem. Phys., an Editor's Pick
Matthew Laskowski and Srijan Bhattacharyya publish an Editor’s Pick in J. Chem. Phys. on improving semiclassical dynamics.
- Andrés named a 2026 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar
Andrés receives the 2026 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award.
- Anthony's stochastic cluster expansion paper out in J. Phys. Chem. Lett.
Anthony Dominic publishes a stochastic cluster expansion for electronic correlation in large systems in J. Phys. Chem. Lett.
- Andrés receives the Magomedov-Shcherbinina Research Award
Andrés receives the 2026–2027 Magomedov-Shcherbinina Research Award from the University of Rochester.
- Tensor-network paper out in J. Chem. Phys.
Tianchu Li, Pranay Venkatesh, and Nanako Shitara publish numerically exact quantum dynamics with tensor networks in J. Chem. Phys.
- Andrés named a 2026 Sloan Research Fellow
Andrés is selected as a 2026 Sloan Research Fellow in Chemistry.
- Nanako Shitara's noise-spectroscopy paper out in J. Chem. Phys.
Nanako Shitara publishes variational quantum noise spectroscopy in J. Chem. Phys.
- Srijan, Tom and Tianchu's CuFeO₂ polaron paper out in J. Phys. Chem. Lett.
Srijan Bhattacharyya, Tom Sayer, and Tianchu Li publish on coherent small polaron delocalization in CuFeO₂ in J. Phys. Chem. Lett.
- Tom contributes to "Gerischer electrochemistry today" in ACS Energy Lett.
Tom Sayer contributes to a community Perspective on Gerischer electrochemistry in ACS Energy Letters.
- Srijan Bhattacharyya wins the APS Four Corners Harry Lustig Award
Srijan wins the 2025 Harry Lustig Award at the APS Four Corners Section meeting.
- Srijan Bhattacharyya wins the ACS Chemical Computing Group Excellence Award
Srijan receives the ACS Chemical Computing Group Excellence Award for Graduate Students from the ACS Division of Computers in Chemistry.
- Andrés named a Kavli Fellow
Andrés is selected as a 2025 Kavli Fellow.
- Nanako Shitara defends her PhD and joins University of Toronto
Congratulations to Dr. Shitara on her PhD defense and new postdoctoral position with the Izmaylov and Brumer groups at the University of Toronto.
- Srijan and Tom's polaron transport paper out in PNAS
Srijan Bhattacharyya and Tom Sayer show that nonequilibrium relaxation delays the onset of quantum diffusion, in PNAS.
- Anthony's Fourier transform teaching paper out in J. Chem. Educ.
Anthony Dominic publishes Python-based lab activities that teach the Fourier transform, in the Journal of Chemical Education.
- Andrés selected as a Scialog Fellow
Andrés is selected as a Scialog Fellow in Quantum Matter and Information.
- Srijan and Tom's space-local memory Communication out in J. Chem. Phys., an Editor's Pick
Srijan Bhattacharyya and Tom Sayer publish a JCP Communication on space-local memory, selected as an Editor’s Pick.
- Andrés receives the NSF CAREER Award
The group receives an NSF CAREER Award supporting Mori-Zwanzig method development for chemical dynamics.
- Tom's trion Perspective out in J. Chem. Phys., a Featured Article and cover
Tom Sayer’s Perspective on trions and Fermi polarons in transient absorption is a JCP Featured Article and cover.
- Andrés receives the Packard Fellowship
Andrés is named a Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering.
- Srijan and Tom's polaron transport paper out in Chem. Sci.
Srijan Bhattacharyya and Tom Sayer show how Mori generalized master equations predict and interpret polaron transport, in Chemical Science.
- Tom Sayer begins independent postdoc at Durham as a Leverhulme Fellow
Tom Sayer wins a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship and starts an independent postdoctoral position at Durham University.