Research with Dr. Marmorino

Research with Dr. Marmorino

Ph.D. 1999 - Virginia Tech

Quantum, theoretical, mathematical, and physical chemistry

Although Marmorino is the physical chemist at IU South Bend, his research area is theoretical in the area of quantum chemistry. As such, he is rarely found in the laboratory. His main efforts go toward elucidating strategies to calculate lower bounds to the energy levels of quantum systems, but he has dabbled in other projects as well. Most of Marmorino's research projects require some experience with computer programming (he uses Mathematica) and confidence with calculus. Bizarrely, students usually don't need to have taken physical chemistry prior to joining him on a project, although having taken the quantum mechanics version of physical chemistry (CHEM-C 362) will certainly be helpful. 

Two students researching with Dr. Marmorino in 2018.
The student on the right is a Ph.D. candidate at IU Bloomington.

Recent publications

Electron Correlation in the Singlet and Triplet States of the Atomic 2px12py1 Configuration, Journal of Chemical Education, 2019, 96, 2, 390-392 (Letter).

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.8b00883

Upper and lower bounds to atomic radial position moments, Journal of Mathematical Chemistry 2020, 58(7).

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10910-019-01073-6


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