Research Areas - Theoretical The theoretical chemistry group at UCSB is interested in a wide variety of fields ranging from the electronic structure of small molecules and polymers to developing methods for simulating quantum and statistical dynamics to surface science and to biochemistry at both the molecular and cellular level. The unique interdisciplinary nature of the UCSB campus coupled with the presence of the Institute for Theoretical Physics (ITP) and strong theoretical programs within the chemistry, physics and engineering departments on campus makes for an incredibly diverse and vibrant theoretical chemistry community at UCSB. Theoretical Faculty Donald Aue Small molecule reaction mechanisms Frank Brown Biophysics, single/few molecule statistics Glenn Fredrickson (Dept. of Chemical Eng.) Statistical mechanics, polymer physics Nicola Spaldin (Dept. of Materials) Materials design and theory Bernard Kirtman Polymeric nonlinear optical properties, heterogeneous catalysis Walter Kohn Condensed matter chemical physics Horia Metiu Statistical and quantum dynamics, surface science Philip Pincus (Dept. of Materials and Physics) Statistical mechanics, biophysics Joan Shea Molecular biochemistry, biophysics, statistical mechanics Departmental Seminars ITP Seminars

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