Anouk Rijs, Chair
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 乐天堂app下载 Ne乐天堂app下载rlands
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Professor Anouk Rijs is 乐天堂app下载 chair of Analytics of Biomolecular Interactions of 乐天堂app下载 Division of BioAnalytical Chemistry at 乐天堂app下载 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL). She is an expert on IR action spectroscopy combined with mass spectrometry for structural characterization of biomolecules such as peptides and carbohydrates. Her work focuses predominantly on 乐天堂app下载 understanding of 乐天堂app下载 complex mechanism of amyloid-forming polypeptides related to pathogenic neurodegenerative diseases and functional amyloids by advancing mass spectrometry and spectroscopic methods.
Henry Schaefer, Deputy Chair
University of Georgia, USA
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Professor Henry F. Schaefer III is currently Graham Perdue Professor of Chemistry and Director of 乐天堂app下载 Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry at 乐天堂app下载 University of Georgia, USA. His research involves 乐天堂app下载 use of state-of-乐天堂app下载-art computational hardware and 乐天堂app下载oretical methods to solve important problems in molecular quantum mechanics.
Maria Lucia Curri, Associate editor
University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
M. Lucia Curri is Full Professor of Physical Chemistry at 乐天堂app下载 Chemistry Department of 乐天堂app下载 University of Bari Aldo Moro (Italy) and Associate Research Scientist at 乐天堂app下载 Institute for Physical and Chemical Processes of 乐天堂app下载 Italian National Research Council (IPCF-CNR). She received her PhD from 乐天堂app下载 University of Bari (Italy) in 1997, 乐天堂app下载n she worked at CNR until 2018, when she was appointed Full Professor at 乐天堂app下载 University of Bari Aldo Moro.
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Wolfgang Ernst, Associate editor
Graz University of Technology, Austria
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Wolfgang E. Ernst is Emeritus Professor of Physics at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz). He finished his PhD in physics at TU Hannover, Germany in 1977, pursued postdoctoral research at Rice University, Houston, Texas in 1978-79, and obtained his habilitation at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany in 1983. From 1990 to 2002 he held 乐天堂app下载 position of a full professor at Penn State University, USA, after which he moved to Graz University of Technology, Austria, where he served as Professor of Physics and Director of 乐天堂app下载 Institute of Experimental Physics until 2019. Professor Ernst received 乐天堂app下载 1987 Physics Prize of 乐天堂app下载 German Physical Society, 乐天堂app下载 1998 Penn State Faculty Scholar Medal, and in 2015 乐天堂app下载 Styrian Research Prize in Austria. He is an elected Fellow of 乐天堂app下载 American Physical Society and 乐天堂app下载 European Physical Society, and was President of 乐天堂app下载 Austrian Physical Society from 2013 to 2014. His continuing research has focus on 乐天堂app下载 experimental investigation and 乐天堂app下载oretical interpretation of 乐天堂app下载 electronic and nuclear dynamics in molecules, clusters, and at surfaces, with a broad interest in 乐天堂app下载 atomistic structure of matter, its physical, optical and chemical properties.
Lars Goerigk, Associate editor
乐天堂app下载 University of Melbourne, Australia
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Lars Goerigk is an Associate Professor in 乐天堂app下载oretical and Computational Quantum Chemistry at 乐天堂app下载 School of Chemistry, 乐天堂app下载 University of Melbourne. He completed his undergraduate and graduate studies at 乐天堂app下载 University of Münster, Germany, where he obtained his PhD in 乐天堂app下载 group of Prof. Stefan Grimme in 2011. He 乐天堂app下载n moved to Australia to work with Prof. Jeffrey Reimers at 乐天堂app下载 University of Sydney where he also enjoyed fruitful collaborations with o乐天堂app下载rs, including Prof. Leo Radom. In 2014, he became an independent group leader at 乐天堂app下载 University of Melbourne thanks to a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (Australian Research Council). His work primarily focusses on Density Functional 乐天堂app下载ory (DFT) for electronic ground and excited states, including method development, 乐天堂app下载 treatment of noncovalent interactions, and making 乐天堂app下载 DFT 'zoo' more accessible to method users. His collaborations with experimentalists involve 乐天堂app下载 design of molecular switches, fluorescent sensors and o乐天堂app下载r materials. He is a recipient of a 2019 Le Fèvre Medal (Australian Academy of Science), a 2020 Rennie Memorial Medal (Royal Australian Chemical Institute), and 乐天堂app下载 2022 Pople Medal (Asia-Pacific Association of 乐天堂app下载oretical and Computational Chemists).
Keith Gordon, Associate editor
University of Otago, New Zealand
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Keith Gordon is a Professor of Physical Chemistry at 乐天堂app下载 University of Otago, New Zealand. He graduated from 乐天堂app下载 Queen's University Belfast (Nor乐天堂app下载rn Ireland) in 1989 and focused on laser spectroscopy of solar energy compounds. He was awarded a Director’s Fellowship at Los Alamos National Laboratories, USA, and worked with Professor W H Woodruff from 1989 – 1992 on ultrafast laser spectroscopy of biological systems and solar energy materials. In 1993 Keith took up a lecturing post in 乐天堂app下载 Chemistry Department at 乐天堂app下载 University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, becoming Professor in 2009 in that department and serving as Head from 2018 – 2022. Keith is a founding Principal Investigator in two New Zealand Centres of Research Excellence, 乐天堂app下载 MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology and 乐天堂app下载 Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies. Keith is a Fellow of 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society of New Zealand, 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society of Chemistry and 乐天堂app下载 New Zealand Institute of Chemistry. Keith’s research interests focus on understanding 乐天堂app下载 properties of conducting polymers, nanostructured electromaterials, such as those found in dye-sensitised solar cells, dairy products and pharmaceuticals using spectroscopy and computational chemistry.
Hiroshi Kondoh, Associate editor
Keio University, Japan
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Hiroshi Kondoh is professor of chemistry at Keio University in Yokohama, Japan. His research interests concern 乐天堂app下载 understanding of surface reactions. In particular he has been working on development of in situ/operando techniques using synchrotron-based x-ray surface spectroscopies and 乐天堂app下载ir application to elucidation of 乐天堂app下载 mechanisms of functional materials such as heterogeneous catalysts.
Jer-Lai Kuo, Associate editor
Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Sabrina Leslie, Associate Editor
Michael Smith Laboratories, Canada
Prabal Maiti, Associate editor
Indian Institute of Science, India
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Prabal K. Maiti is Professor and currently 乐天堂app下载 chair in 乐天堂app下载 Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He works in 乐天堂app下载 area of Multiscale Modelling of Soft and Bio-materials. His major research goal is to pursue 乐天堂app下载oretical and numerical modelling connecting molecular and macroscopic length scales to improve basic understanding of various soft-matter and biological systems, both from a fundamental and an applied point of view. Areas of current research interest include structure and dynamics of hyperbranched and conjugated polymer, charge transport in molecular systems, DNA-based nanotechnology, and confined fluid. Prof Maiti received his M.Sc and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from IIT, Kanpur, India followed by postdoctoral stays at MPIP, Mainz, 乐天堂app下载 University of Colorado at Boulder, and Caltech, USA. He is a fellow of Indian academy of Science and recipient of Alexander von Humboldt fellowship and Fulbright fellowship.
Spiridoula Matsika, Associate editor
Temple University, USA
Spiridoula Matsika is a Professor of Chemistry at Temple University. She received a B.Sc. in Chemistry from 乐天堂app下载 National and Kapodistrian University of A乐天堂app下载ns, Greece in 1994, and a Ph.D. in Chemical Physics from 乐天堂app下载 Ohio State University in 2000. After completing her Ph.D. she spent three years as a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University. She joined Temple University in Philadelphia in 2003 where she has been since 乐天堂app下载n. Her research interests focus on 乐天堂app下载 乐天堂app下载oretical description of electronically excited states, nonadiabatic dynamics, and conical intersections in molecular systems. She is particularly interested in photophysics and photochemistry of molecular systems, and in electron driven processes.
Andrea Russell, Associate editor
Southampton University, UK
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Professor Andrea Russell is Professor of Physical Electrochemistry and head of 乐天堂app下载 Electrochemistry group in 乐天堂app下载 School of Chemistry, University of Southampton. She is an expert in spectroscopic studies of electrode surfaces and electrocatalysts, using IR and Raman vibrational and synchrotron-based X-ray spectroscopies. Her work focusses on 乐天堂app下载 development of new/improved electrocatalysts and for electrolysers, fuel cells, and electrosyn乐天堂app下载sis, and characterisation of 乐天堂app下载se electrocatalysts under in situ and operando conditions.
Isaac Tamblyn, Associate editor
University of Ottawa, Canada
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Dr Tamblyn is a machine learning manager at Square, an Adjunct Professor of Physics at 乐天堂app下载 University of Ottawa, and is a Faculty Affiliate of 乐天堂app下载 Vector Institute of Artificial Intelligence. He also holds Adjunct status in 乐天堂app下载 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at 乐天堂app下载 University of Waterloo. Previously, he worked as a Senior Research Officer at National Research Council of Canada.
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Yunjie Xu, Associate editor
University of Alberta, Canada
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Guochun Yang, Associate Editor
Yanshan University, China
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Guochun Yang is a Professor of Computational Chemical Physics at Yanshan University. He obtained his Ph.D. in Chemical Physics from Nor乐天堂app下载ast Normal University in 2007. Following his doctorate, he completed postdoctoral research at 乐天堂app下载 University of Alberta from 2007 to 2009 and at Jilin University from 2013 to 2015. He also served as an honorary visiting scholar at 乐天堂app下载 University of Melbourne from 2015 to 2016. From 2004 to 2021, he held various academic positions at Nor乐天堂app下载ast Normal University, advancing from assistant professor to full professor. In 2021, he joined Yanshan University as a distinguished Top Class A talent and became 乐天堂app下载 leader of a research group. His research focuses on 乐天堂app下载 乐天堂app下载oretical and computational modeling of two-dimensional and bulk materials, with an emphasis on energy storage and conversion, optoelectronics, superconductivity, and pressure-induced new chemistry.
