Developing a novel RDMFT theory for strongly correlated electrons as low computational cost using reduced density matrices and semidefinite programming techniquesBenchmarking RDMFT on 83 different test suites of chemical systems and propertiesIdentifying functional driven vs density driven errors in RDMFTBuilding Python code to rapidly prototype new RDMFT algorithms and workflowsOptimized RDMFT parameters to identify generalizable trends in reproducing potential energy… Show more Developing a novel RDMFT theory for strongly correlated electrons as low computational cost using reduced density matrices and semidefinite programming techniquesBenchmarking RDMFT on 83 different test suites of chemical systems and propertiesIdentifying functional driven vs density driven errors in RDMFTBuilding Python code to rapidly prototype new RDMFT algorithms and workflowsOptimized RDMFT parameters to identify generalizable trends in reproducing potential energy surfacesElucidated theoretical connections between related methodologies such as iDMFT and TAO-DFT Show less

Held weekly office hours; graded weekly problem sets, midterm exams, and finalResponded to students emails to improve their understanding of lectures and homeworkCreated detailed answer keys for all problem setsClass size: 63, 1 TA

Taught general chemistry students in weekly recitations, labs, and office hoursCreated practice problem sets to aid in student's understanding of general chemistryGraded problem sets, lab reports, and examsClass size: 200 students, 12 teaching assistants

Developed a methodology using particle in a box wavefunctions for modeling plasmonic nanoparticlesInvestigated excited state properties of the model system using real-time Hartree Fock and configuration interaction singlesExploited symmetry to significantly reduce computational time and memory requirementsUpdated existing GPU accellerated coupled cluster code for compilation with Psi4

Managed the setup and tear down of weekly labs for the general chemistry classes. Also assisted the TA's when issues arose.