I am engaged in research in the field of theoretical and computational chemistry. In particular, I primarily perform, analyze and develop methods for atomistic simulations.
For those who are not familiar with area, I study nature at the atomic level using not lab apparatuses and experiments, but computers running algorithms based on the fundamental laws of physics. In practice, we utilize approximations to these fundamental laws in order to make the problem solvable. It is our job to formulate these approximate methods, 'code' them into viable computer programs, and then utilize the resultant software to study the properties of various systems of interest, ranging from the exploration of how a molecule binds to a protein to the structure of a defect in a silicon crystal. The majority of my research has centered around hydrogen bonded systems, although I have an interest in a large number of areas. The figure above depicts some hightlights from my work on (clockwise from top-left corner) hydrophobic assembly, nuclear quantum effects in water, and efficient algorithms for biomolecular sampling.
Currently, I am a postdoctoral research scientist in Bruce Berne's group in the Department of Chemistry at Columbia University. On this site, you will find some information about both my current work and my past work as an undergraduate at NYU and a graduate student at Princeton.
If you have any questions, feel free to send me an email!