Electronic structure calculations of potential energy surfaces and direct dynamics simulations of the electronic non-adiabatic dynamics for the O(3P) + C2H4 and 3O2 + C2H4 chemical reactions.
Direct dynamics simulations of projectile ion reactions and change transfers in collisions with organic surfaces.
Development of software for performing QM and QM/MM semi-empirical electronic non-adiabatic direct dynamics simulations.
U.S. Mentors: Bill Hase and Yu Zhuang, Texas Tech Univeristy; John Tully, Yale University; Theresa Windus, Iowa State University