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Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry
The Ohio State University
151 W. Woodruff Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210

Office:
412 CBEC

Email:
herbert@
chemistry.ohio-state.edu

Research Support

Current research support:

• National Science Foundation, Chemistry Division (CHE-2402361)
  Wavefunction embedding: A toolbox for transition metal spectroscopy (2024–2027)
  
  
• National Institutes of Heath (R43GM148095)
  Quantum chemistry methods for rational drug design (2023–2024)
  
  
• National Science Foundation, Chemistry Division (CHE-2150102)
  REU Site: Experimental and computational spectroscopy: Fundamental probes of molecules, molecular interactions, and materials. (2022–2025)
  
  
• American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund (62041-ND6)
  Fundamental theoretical studies of the redox properties of catalytic metal oxide nanoparticles (2021–2024)
  
  
• Dept. of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences (DE-SC0008550)
  High-fidelity fragment-based quantum chemistry for macromolecules, condensed phases, and complex environments. (2020–2024)
  
  
• National Science Foundation, Chemistry Division (CHE-1955282)
  Quantum chemistry methods for excited states at liquid- and solid-state interfaces. (2020–2023)
  
  

Prior research support:

• National Science Foundation, Chemistry Division (CHE-1665322)
  Quantum simulations of electron dynamics in aqueous systems (2017–2020)
  
  
• Dept. of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences (DE-SC0008550)
  Fragment-based quantum chemistry for intermolecular interactions and exciton transport in molecular liquids and solids (2017–2020)
  
  
• National Science Foundation, Chemistry Division (CHE-1300603)
  New methods for describing electronic excitation, ionization, and electrostatics of complex systems in aqueous environments (2014–2017)
  
  
• Dept. of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences (DE-SC0008550)
  Development of accurate and affordable electronic structure methods for the condensed phase (2012–2016)
  
  
• Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
  
  
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship (2010–2014)
  
  
• National Science Foundation CAREER award (CHE-0748448)
  Characterization of excited electronic states of DNA using novel algorithms based on time-dependent density functional theory (2007–2013)
  This proposal also resulted in a 2009 PECASE Award.
  
  
• ACS Petroleum Research Fund, Type G Grant
  Ab initio molecular dynamics and ab initio quantum dynamics investigation of radical reactions involved in combustion (2007 – 2009)