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Contact information: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
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Education:
- B.S. Chemistry, University of Wisconsin La Crosse
- Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, Iowa State University (Advisor: James Evans)
- Post-Doctoral Research, California Institute of Technology, University of California Los Angeles, Princeton University (Advisor: Emily Carter)
Research:
My current research interests involve simulation and theory development for many different aspects of condensed matter physics. I am interested in developing new Equations-of-State and Equation-of-State (EOS) theories for complex materials with physics that current EOS theories do not capture; for example, the EOS theory involving phase transformations (solid-solid, solid-liquid, and liquid-liquid), dissociation, complex chemistry, porous materials, or polymeric materials is not sufficiently developed to explain new integrated experiments. In order to perform this work I use a number of computational techniques (MD, DFT, DFT-MD, etc.) to understand regions of phase space in which either experiments are difficult to perform or difficult to understand.