People

Dr Ruoqi Zhao

My research explores how interfacial structure, electrostatics, and solvation influence spectroscopic, electronic, and reactive behavior at aqueous interfaces. I am also interested in developing machine-learning approaches for electronic states beyond the ground state.

Dr. Jordy Lam

My research focuses on free energy calculations for protein-ligand systems, with the goal of improving the accuracy and scalability of binding thermodynamics predictions. I develop scalable estimators of potential energy landscapes to support efficient physics-based virtual screening at scale.

Dr. Allen LaCour

I am interested in understanding liquid interfaces and their potential for altering chemical reactivity. To this end, I develop models for the experimentally obtained spectra of these interfaces. I am also interested in understanding adsorption thermodynamics at interfaces to better design chemical systems for specific reactions.