Team
We are a dynamic & multidisciplinary group looking to grow.
We are deeply committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming group environment & believe that a broad spectrum of backgrounds, perspectives, & life experiences enrich our collective experience of science & ability to solve complex problems. We welcome students & postdocs of all genders, races, ages, sexual orientations, & disability statuses.
The team!
From left to right: Andrés, Nanako, Arian, Srijan, Anthony, Tom, Jack, Zach
PI: Andrés Montoya-Castillo
Email: andres.montoyacastillo@colorado.edu
Andrés is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Colorado Boulder and affiliated faculty in the Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) Program. His research interests center around developing and applying theory and simulation methods to investigate the dynamics of chemical processes in the condensed phase.
For more details, see About Andrés.
CU Boulder
Srijan Bhattacharyya (Graduate student, Chemical Physics)
Email: Srijan.Bhattacharyya@colorado.edu
Research Focus:
Path integrals, algorithm development for near-term quantum computing devices, & DMRG.
Education:
Chemical Physics, CU Boulder
M.S. in Chemistry, IIT Kanpur, India
B.Sc. in Chemistry, Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, India
Bert Cham (Graduate student, Chemical Physics)
Email: Bertram.Cham@colorado.edu
Research Focus:
Machine learning for physics in the condensed phase and spectroscopy, dimensionality reduction techniques.
Education:
Chemical Physics, CU Boulder
B.S. in Chemistry, Chatham College, US
Anthony Dominic (Graduate student, Chemical Physics)
Email: Anthony.Dominiciii@colorado.edu
Research Focus:
Atomistic simulation, semiclassical theory, dimensionality reduction techniques, & Markov state models.
Education:
Chemical Physics, CU Boulder
B.S. in Chemistry & Math, North Central College, US
Matthew Laskowski (Graduate student, Chemical Physics)
Email: Matthew.Laskowski@colorado.edu
Research Focus:
Semiclassical simulations, generalized quantum master equations, charge transport.
Education:
Chemical Physics, CU Boulder
B.S. in Chemistry, University of Maryland, US
Tom Sayer (Postdoctoral scholar)
Email: Email: Thomas.Sayer@colorado.edu
Research Interests:
Charge transfer at electrochemical interfaces, many-body theory, photophysics of 2D materials at interfaces, multidimensional optical spectroscopy of molecular systems.
Education:
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK
Advisor: Michiel Sprik
MSci, Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK
Advisor: Erwin Reisner
B.A. in Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK
Nanako Shitara (Graduate student, Physics)
Email: Nanako.Shitara@colorado.edu
Research Focus:
Non-Gaussian Noise spectroscopy, decoherence in near-term quantum devices, quantum computing, NV centers.
Education:
Physics, CU Boulder
M.Sc. in Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
B.Sc. in Physics, University of Otago, New Zealand
Zach Wiethorn (Graduate student, Chemical Physics)
Email: Zachary.Wiethorn@colorado.edu
Research Focus:
Perturbative & non-perturbative approaches to condensed phase spectroscopy. Many-body theory & Gaussian field theories.
Education:
Chemical Physics, CU Boulder
B.S. in Chemistry & Minor in Math, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Alumni
Jack Good: Jack was a high school student in the group (2021-2022). He is currently an undergraduate student at Cornell University.
Arian Vezvaee: Arian was a postdoc in the group (2021-2023). He is postdoc in the group of Daniel Lidar at the University of Southern California.
Collaborators
Timothy Berkelbach, Columbia University & Flatiron Institute
Louis Brus, Columbia University
Kelly Gaffney, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory & Stanford University
Tony Heinz, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory & Stanford University
Xuhui Huang, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Christine Isborn, UC Merced
Aaron Kelly, Dalhausie University
Katie Klymko, NERSC
Amber Krummel, Colorado State University
Yuezhi Mao, San Diego State University
William Pfalzgraff, Chatham University
Archana Raja, Molecular Foundry
Justin Sambur, Colorado State University
Shuo Sun, University of Colorado, Boulder & JILA
Norm Tubman, NASA Ames
Tim van Driel, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Lu Wang, Rutgers University
Tim Zuehlsdorff, Oregon State University