Eric Neuscamman
he/him/his
Principle Investigator
303 Gilman Hall
(510) 664-7827
eneuscamman@berkeley.edu
Eric enjoys reading books and playing games.
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: 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.
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.
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
Jacqueline Shea, Ph.D. (2016-2021) — Postdoc in the Martinez Group at Standord 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) — UC Berkeley Alumna
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
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