Eric Neuscamman
he/him/his
Principle Investigator
303 Gilman Hall
(510) 664-7827
eneuscamman@berkeley.edu
Eric enjoys reading books and playing games.
Lan Tran, Ph.D.
Postdoc, joined 2018
Project: Excited State-Specific Multireference Theories
B.S. from Hue University, Vietnam
M.S. from Vietnam National University, Hanoi
Ph.D. from The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan
35 Gilman Hall
lantrann@berkeley.edu
Beatrice Van Der Goetz
she/her/hers
Chemistry Graduate Student, joined 2015
Projects: Position-Space QMC with Tesselation-based factors, Nonadiabatic Photodynamical Processes, Wavefunction Optimization Algorithms for ESMF
13 Gilman Hall
bvdg@berkeley.edu
Beatrice spends her free time cooking, reading, drawing and playing piano.
Jacqueline Shea
she/her/hers
Chemistry Graduate Student, joined 2016
Projects: Excited State Mean Field Theory, Excited State Couple Cluster Method
B.S. in Chemistry from Texas A&M University
NSF GRFP Fellow
37 Gilman Hall
jarshea@berkeley.edu
Jacki enjoys taking care of her plants and hiking with her dogs.
Sergio Pineda Flores
he/him/his
Chemistry Graduate Student, joined 2016
Project: Orbital Optimization for QMC Wavefunctions
B.S. in Chemistry from Haverford College
DOE NNSA SSGF Fellow
13 Gilman Hall
Sergio is a Hobby Jogger!
Leon Otis
he/him/his
Physics Graduate Student, joined 2017
Project: Wavefunction Optimization Algorithms in VMC
B.A. in Physics, Computer Science—Mathematics from Columbia University
13 Gilman Hall
leon_otis@berkeley.edu
Leon enjoys reading fantasy, science fiction and history, as well as playing strategy games and watching mystery movies.
Rebecca Hanscam
she/her/hers
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 her free time in the mountains running, backpacking and camping!
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, Cleveland Baseball Club, Columbus 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 constructing crosswords!
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!
Elise Gwin
she/her/hers
Chemistry Undergraduate Student, joined 2019
evgwin@berkeley.edu
Project: Mulliken Population State Targeting in ESMF
A.S. in Chemistry from Orange Coast College
Elise enjoys surfing, Muay Thai, biking, cooking and befriending dogs.
Brianna Aguilar
she/her/hers
Chemistry Undergraduate Student, joined 2020
baguilar_98@berkeley.edu
Brianna spends her free time reading, embroidering and playing tennis.
Neuscamman Group Alumni
Postdocs
Peter Walters (Miller Fellow, 2017-2020)
Nicholas Blunt (2016-2017)—Fellow at St. John’s College, Cambridge
Graduate Students
Luning Zhao, Ph.D. (2014-2019)—Dalton Fellow in the Li Group at University of Washington
Haochuan Wei, M.S. (2016-2018)
Undergraduate Students
Isabel Craig (2018-2020)—Graduate Student at UC Berkeley
Paul J. Robinson (2016)—NSF Graduate Research Fellow at Columbia University
