Eric Neuscamman
he/him/his
Principle Investigator
303 Gilman Hall
(510) 664-7827
eneuscamman@berkeley.edu
Eric enjoys reading books and playing games.
Rebecca Hanscam
they/them/theirs
Chemistry Graduate Student, joined 2018
Project: Excited State Specific CASSCF
B.S. in Chemistry, Mathematics from University of Puget Sound
NSF GRFP Fellow
35 Gilman Hall
bhanscam@berkeley.edu
Becky spends all their free time in the mountains running, camping and exploring with their husky!
Rachel Clune
she/her/hers
Chemistry Graduate Student, joined 2018
Project: Excited State Perturbation Theory
B.S. in Applied Mathematics and B.A. in Chemistry from University of Rochester
8 Gilman Hall
rclune4b@berkeley.edu
Rachel enjoys playing her flute.
Scott Garner
he/him/his
Chemistry Graduate Student, joined 2018
Project: Electronic Structure of Core-Excited States
B.S. in Chemistry from The Ohio State University
NSF GRFP Fellow
Scott is a devout fan of the Cleveland Browns and Ohio State Buckeye football teams, as well as a fervent fan of the Cavs, Guardians, Blue Jackets, and of course Cal Bears (Go Bears). His other hobbies vary regularly, with a half-life of a handful of days.
Tarini Hardikar
she/her/hers
Chemistry Graduate Student, joined 2018
Project: Self-Consistent Framework for Excited State Mean Field Theory
B.A. in Chemistry, Mathematics from Colby College
Tarini loves baking as well as solving and constructing crosswords. She is also heavily involved with the CGLC and is currently working on making the graduate admissions process at Berkeley more accessible.
Connie Robinson
she/her/hers
Chemistry Graduate Student, joined 2018
Project: Quantum Monte Carlo with the Generalized Variational Principle
B.S. in Chemistry with a minor in Computer Science from Caltech
37 Gilman Hall
cdrobinson@berkeley.edu
Connie loves biking, doing puzzles, playing board games, and taking care of her tomato plants. She is involved with CGLC: her current project is developing a Safe Zone Training for our department!
Sonja Tomasi
she/her/hers
Chemistry Graduate Student, joined 2020
Project: Embedding Theory
B.S. in Chemical Physics and B.A. in German from UC Davis
37 Gilman Hall
skbumann@berkeley.edu
Sonja’s hobbies include running, drinking fancy coffee, traveling, and petting dogs!
Harrison Tuckman
he/him/his
Chemistry Graduate Student, joined 2020
Project: Excited State Coupled Cluster, Non-Orthogonal Configuration Interaction
B.S. in Chemistry and Computational & Applied Mathematics & Statistics from William & Mary
35 Gilman Hall
hgtuckman@berkeley.edu
Harrison spends his free time playing piano, singing, and playing games.
Kat Muloma
they/them
Chemistry Graduate Student, joined 2021
Project: Embedding Theory
B.S. in Chemistry from Hope College
NSF GRFP Fellow, Chancellor’s Fellow
Kat enjoys reading radical science fiction, making pour overs, painting/art, and soaking in the sun at Lake Merritt in Oakland.
Trine K Quady
she/her/hers
Chemistry Graduate Student, joined 2022
Co-advised by Prof. Lin Lin in the Math Department
Project: TBD
NSF GRFP Fellow
11 Gilman Hall
trine_quady@berkeley.edu
Trine loves baking whilst she pretends she’s on the Great British Baking Show, camping next to particularly large trees, and playing board games with a ferocity that far exceeds what’s appropriate for the setting.
George Liu
he/him/his
Chemistry Undergraduate Student, joined 2021
Project: Excited state energy calculations of solvated molecules
liu.george@berkeley.edu
George occasionally enjoys depositing thin layers of carbon atoms onto his sketchbook, dramatically increasing the entropy of his chessboard, and watching his family’s chickens roam the backyard when he is at home.
Shiloh Andersson
she/her/hers
Chemistry Undergraduate Student, joined 2022
Project: Localization of molecular orbitals
sjandersson@berkeley.edu
Shiloh loves watching Marvel, listening to country and rock music, going on walks and hikes, and baking. This may come as a surprise to most people, but she really likes the color pink.
Billy Ma
he/him/his
Chemistry Undergraduate Student, joined 2022
Project: Comparing excited state electron density across methods
billy.ma@berkeley.edu
Billy loves to play video games and watch other people play video games that are too smart for him. Other times, Billy watches movies!
Shuai Yan
he/him/his
Chemistry VSP Undergraduate Student, joined 2022
Project: State-Averaged CASSCF for excited states
yanshuai@berkeley.edu
yanshuai@shanghaitech.edu.cn
Shuai enjoys classical music and traditional jazz. He plays horn and saxophone in his spare time.
Neuscamman Group Alumni
Postdocs
Lan Tran, Ph.D. (2018-2021) — Researcher at Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Physics
Peter Walters (Miller Fellow, 2017-2020)
Nicholas Blunt (2016-2017) — Fellow at St. John’s College, Cambridge
Graduate Students
Leon Otis, Ph.D. (2017-2022) — Postdoc in the Galli and Gagliardi Groups at University of Chicago
Jacqueline Shea, Ph.D. (2016-2021) — Postdoc in the Martinez Group at Stanford University
Beatrice Van Der Goetz, Ph.D. (2015-2020) — Scientist at QSimulate
Sergio Pineda Flores, Ph.D. (2016-2020) — Computational Scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Luning Zhao, Ph.D. (2014-2019) — Dalton Fellow in the Li Group at University of Washington
Haochuan Wei, M.S. (2016-2018)
Undergraduate Students
Brianna Aguilar (2020-2021) — Graduate Student at UC Merced
Elise Gwin (2019-2020) — UC Berkeley Alumna
Isaac Craig (2018-2020) — Graduate Student at UC Berkeley
Paul J. Robinson (2016) — NSF Graduate Research Fellow at Columbia University
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