Alex Brown
Department of Chemistry University of Alberta
Alex Brown, Principal Investigator
Current Research Group
Victor Arturo Gomez, PhD Student, Fall 2017-Present
Ryan Johannson, PhD Student, Fall 2019-Present
Ismael Elayan, PhD Student, Spring 2021-Present
Minh Tang Duc Hoang, PhD student, Fall 2021-Present
Sahil, PhD student, Fall 2023-Present
Glorious Chieme, NSERC-USRA Student, Previous: CHEM 299 Student, Fall 2023 + Winter 2024
Ian LeBlanc, Research Volunteer, 2022-Present
Dr. Nathanael King, Post-doctoral fellow, Fall 2023-Present
Erik Hansen, Visiting Intern (RWTH Aachen), Spring 2024-Present
Clara Faraday-Smith, Visiting UARE Intern (Leeds), Summer 2024-Present
Jakob Meckes, Summer Research Assistant, Summer 2024-Present
Graduate Student Alumni
Mack Flowers, MSc Student, Fall 2022-Summer 2024 (co-supervised w/ M. Klobukowski). Thesis: Interstellar Germanium Dust Molecules: a Computational Study on Their Structure, Spectroscopy, and Detectability; or, One Small Step Down the Periodic Table, One Giant Leap in Interstellar Chemistry
Cuthbert Leung, MSc Student, Fall 2021-Fall 2023 (co-supervised w/ M. Klobukowski). Thesis: Tackling the Charge Transfer Problem: A Guide to Avoid Low-Energy Dark States while Including Solvent Effects
Dr. Nathanael King, PhD Student, Winter 2017-Sept. 2023 (co-supervised w/ J. Stryker). Thesis: Computational Studies on the Non- Covalent Interactions of Asphaltene Model Compounds and Related Systems
Dr. Shyam Parshotam, PhD Student, Winter 2018-Jan 2023 (co-supervised w/ J. Gibbs). Thesis: Microscopic and Macroscopic Insights into Second Order Nonlinear Optics through Computational and Experimental Routes
Christopher Roeper, MSc Student, Summer 2022-Fall 2022, Visiting student from RWTH Aachen University. Thesis: Frustrated Lewis Pair Ligands for Light Group 14 Metal Complexes
Dr. Antoine Aerts, PhD Student, Fall 2018-Summer 2022 (co-supervised w/ Nathalie Vaeck, ULB). Thesis: Simulations of Vibrational Laser Quantum Control Dynamics in Molecules
Moritz Schäfer, MSc Student, Summer 2021-Fall 2021. Visiting student from the University of Heidelberg. Thesis: Adaptive Fitting of Potential Energy Surfaces of Small to Medium-Sized Molecules: Application to Vibrational Spectroscopy
Dr. Maria Rossano, PhD Student, Fall 2016-Fall 2021 Thesis: One-, Two-, and Three-Photon Absorption Studies of Fluorescent Proteins and Their Chromophores Using Quantum Mechanical and Quantum Mechanical/Molecular Mechanical Approaches
Zhibo Wang, MSc, Fall 2017-Summer 2019 Thesis: Software Development for Integrating Molpro with Newton-X for Adiabatic and Nonadiabatic Excited State Dynamics
Dr. Melis Gedik, PhD, Winter 2012-Summer 2017, Thesis: Quantum Chemical Investigations of Structural and Photophysical Properties of Emissive RNA Nucleobase Analogues
Dr. M. Alaraby Salem, PhD, Fall 2011-Summer 2016, Thesis: Computational Study of Two Photon Absorption in Fluorescent Protein Chromophores
Dr. Ekadashi Pradhan, PhD, Fall 2010-Winter 2015, Thesis: Potential Energy Surfaces for Quantum Dynamics Simulations: From ab initio Computations to Vibrational State Determinations
Dr. Mohammed Momeni, PhD, Summer 2012-Summer 2015, Thesis: Computational Investigations on Excited State Properties of Cyanine Dyes and Carbene-bound Main Group Elements
Dr. Shuai Sun, PhD, Fall 2009 – Winter 2015, Thesis: Simulation of the Resonance Raman Spectra For Uracil and its Derivatives
Dr. Stephanie Wong, PhD, Fall 2006-Fall 2013 (co-supervised w/ P.N. Roy), “Thesis: AB INITIO SEMICLASSICAL INITIAL VALUE REPRESENTATION: DEVELOPMENT OF NEW METHODS
Dr. Ryan Zaari, PhD, Winter 2007-Summer 2012, Thesis: Towards Molecular Quantum Computing: Laser Pulse Shaping of Quantum Logic Gates on Diatomic Molecules
Undergraduate Student Alumni
Jared Palamattam , CHEM 401/403 Student, Fall 2023 + Winter 2024; Undergraduate Research Student, Summer 2023
Jessica Ortlieb, CHEM 401 Student, Fall 2023; NSERC-USRA Student, Summer 2023
Laura Rib, Undergraduate Research Student, Summer 2023
Mingmin Zhou, CSC Visiting Intern, Summer 2023
Minh Tang, CHEM 401 and 403 Student, Fall 2020-Winter 2021
Hannah Dokken, Undergraduate Research Student, Summer 2020
Pierre Gachod, Undergraduate Research Intern (U.Toulouse, France) , Feb.-June, 2020
Megan Joy, WISEST Student, Summer 2019
Kwami Aku-Dominguez, NSERC-USRA Student, Summer 2019
Maryna Mondrusova, MITACS Globallink Intern, Summer 2019
Cissy Xu, CHEM 401 Student, Winter 2019
Yidan Xing, CHEM 401 Student, Winter 2019
Xueting Ni, CHEM 401 Student, Fall 2018
Christian Ritterhof, MITACS-globalink Intern (Erlangen, Germany), Summer 2018
Jacob Wood, UARE Visiting International Interns (Leeds, UK), Summer 2018
Gaetan Herce, International Visiting Intern (U. Paris-Sud), Summer 2018
Kwami Aku-Dominguez, NSERC-USRA Student, Summer 2018
Anabelle Jones, Lab Volunteer, Fall 2017
Chao Zhang, CHEM 399 Student, Fall 2017
Lou-ann de Goeij, CHEM 299 Student, Fall 2017-Winter 2018
Andrew Wiedemann, CHEM 401 Student, Fall 2017
Cat-Tuong Huynh, CHEM 299 Student, Fall 2014-Winter 2015; Summer student Summer 2015; Lab Volunteer, Fall 2015-Winter 2016;CHEM 401 StudentWinter 2017
Boyang Zhao, CHEM 401 Student, Winter 2017
Antoine Aerts, Visiting Student Intern (ULB, Belgium), Fall 2016
Meng Wang, CHEM 299 Student, Fall 2016-Winter 2017
Chao Zhang, CHEM 401 Student, Fall 2016
Zhibo Wang, CHEM 401/403 Student, Fall 2016/Winter 2017; Summer student, Summer 2017
Tao He, UARE Visiting International student, Summer 2016
Qiming Shen, ISWSP student, Summer 2016
Hanseul Kim, CHEM 401/403 student, Fall 2015-Winter 2016
Tyler Ries, CHEM 401 Student, Fall 2015
Tong Zhang, CHEM 299 Student Fall 2015-Winter 2016; NSERC-USRA, Summer 2016; CHEM 401 Student, Fall 2017
Isaac Twelves, CHEM 299 Student, Fall 2015-Winter 2016
Wenyu (Mac) Qian, ISWSP Summer student, Summer 2015
Andrew Jacobsen, CHEM 299 Student, Fall 2014-Winter 2015
Evan Antoniuk, NSERC-USRA Student, Summer 2014; CHEM 401 Student, Fall 2015
Aliaksandr Savin, NSERC-USRA Student, Summer 2014
Christian Dusaban, CHEM 299 Student, Fall 2013-Winter 2014
Daniel Stamper, CHEM 299 Student, Fall 2013
Lisa Shulman, URI Research Assistant, Fall 2013-Winter 2014
Uchenna Obuekwe, Summer Research Student, Summer 2012
Melis Gedik, Summer Research Student, Summer 2011; Chem 401 student, Fall 2011
Meagan Lyszczyk, NSERC-USRA, Student, Summer 2011
Tran Nguyen, CHEM 401 Student, Winter 2011
Bao Pham, CHEM 401 student, Winter 2011
Marie Barnes, Summer Research Student, Summer 2010
Bryan Faucher, NSERC-USRA Student, Summer 2010
Wang Xi, ISWSP Student, Summer 2010
Craig McMullen, CHEM 401 student, Fall 2009
Jacqueline Ngai, ISWSP Student, Summer 2009
Kaylee Bohaychuk, NSERC-USRA Student, Summer 2009
Derek Mah, CHEM 401/403 student, Fall 2008-Winter 2009
Joey Sheff, CHEM 299 student, Fall 2008-Winter 2009
Sherni Koh, CHEM 401 Student, Winter 2008; Summer research student, Summer 2008
Kayla Atkey, CHEM 299 Student, Fall 2007-Winter 2008
Darrel Cotton, Summer research student, Summer 2007
Nikita Blinov, Summer research student, Summer 2007
Kevin Tok, Kevin Tok, CHEM 299 student, Fall 2006
David Jodoin, NSERC-USRA, Summer 2006; CHEM 401 student, Winter 2006; NSERC-USRA, Summer 2005; Part-time research assistant, Fall 2004-Winter 2005
Chen Liang, Summer student, Summer 2006; CHEM 299 Student, Fall 2005-Winter 2006
Ryan Zaari, CHEM 401/403 student, Fall 2005-Winter 2006; Summer research student, Summer 2005
Kyle Greene, Summer research student, Summer 2005
Jesse Kadosh, CHEM 401 Student, Fall 2015; NSERC-USRA Student, Summer 2004
Hariyanto Darmawan, Summer research student, Summer 2004
Post-Doctoral and Visiting Professor Alumni
Rodrigo Mendes, Post-doctoral Fellow, Spring 2023-Summer 2023 (co-supervised w/ G.LC. de Souza)
Victor da Mata, Post-doctoral Fellow, Spring 2023-Summer 2023 (co-supervised w/ G.LC. de Souza)
Ali Ilkhani, Visiting Professor, Summer 2017-Summer 2019
Guo-Liang Dai, Visiting Professor, January 2018 – December 2018
Yusuf Simsek, TUBITAK Post-Doctoral Fellow, 06/2016-01/2018
Inara de Aguiar, Post-Doctoral Fellow, 07/2014-06/2016 (co-supervised with G.L.C de Souza, UFMT, Brazil)
Gabriel de Souza, CAPES Post-Doctoral Fellow, 08/2013-07/2014
Meiyu Zhao, Post-Doctoral Fellow, 05/2009-04/2010
Jose-Luis Carreon-Macedo, Post-Doctoral Fellow, 12/2006-01/2010
Javier Cuervo, Post-Doctoral Fellow, 09/2008-08/2009
Markus Schröder, Post-Doctoral Fellow, 01/2007-04/2009
Qadir Timerghazin, Alberta Ingenuity Post-doctoral Fellow, 01/2007-12/2008
Taiwang Cheng, Post-Doctoral Fellow, 01/2004-06/2006
High School Student Alumni
Yoyo Liu, High school volunteer, 2021-2023
Megan Joy, WISEST Student, Summer 2019