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.
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 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 Bumann
she/her/hers
Chemistry Graduate Student, joined 2020
Project: Wavefunction-in-DFT Embedding
B.S. in Chemical Physics and B.A. in German from UC Davis
13 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: Non-Orthogonal Configuration Interaction
B.S. in Chemistry and Computational & Applied Mathematics & Statistics from William & Mary
13 Gilman Hall
hgtuckman@berkeley.edu
Harrison spends his free time playing piano, singing, and playing games.
Brianna Aguilar
she/her/hers
Chemistry Undergraduate Student, joined 2020
Project: Integral Handling
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
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
Elise Gwin (2019-2020)—UC Berkeley Alumna
Isabel Craig (2018-2020)—Graduate Student at UC Berkeley
Paul J. Robinson (2016)—NSF Graduate Research Fellow at Columbia University
