Ph.D., Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland 1975

Our Research mainly concerns the  nature of chemical bonds, theoretical prediction of molecular potential   energy surfaces and vibrational spectra, structure and properties of molecules with heavy  elements, tautormerism of classical and nonclassical nucleic acid bases, surface chemistry and atmospheric chemistry.

Ph.D., Caltech 1971

Our research interests involve the use of dynamic NMR spectroscopy and computational methods for conformational studies of esters, amides, and related compounds, cyclic compounds, and studies of conjugation involving sulfur or selenium.

Ph.D., Catholic University of America, 1974

Professor Lester's research efforts focus on theoretical studies of the electronic structure and dynamical processes of molecules. Efforts in the former area are directed to extending the powerful quantum Monte Carlo method (QMC) to the range of chemical problems that form the traditional domain of quantum chemistry. Research by the Lester group has confirmed that highly accurate ground and excited states are attainable by QMC. Properties other than the energy including dipole and quadrupole moments as well as matrix elements connecting different electronic states may be calculated using QMC.

Ph.D., University of Bonn, Germany

We pursue research in the areas of Atomic Cluster Theory and Quantum Dynamics. Recent projects include the theoretical investigation of metal doped silicon clusters, ozone analogous Zintl systems, clusters deposited on graphite surfaces, iron atoms implanted in noble gas matrices and nonadiabatic phenomena in molecular motion. Collaborations with research groups of SUNY Albany, NY, the University of Florida and the University of Innsbruck, Austria, add a lot of new and interesting facets to his work and make him a frequent traveler.

Ph.D., University of Sussex, England, 1986

My main research interests are in the application of coupled-cluster methods and other quantum chemical methods. Areas of current interest include free radicals, excited states, and other transient species that may be involved in atmospheric chemistry and biological systems, and the structure and spectroscopy of transition metal complexes.

Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 1984

Our research focuses on the development of methods for computer-aided drug design, the application of quantum chemical methods to molecular structure, receptor-ligand binding activity, and QSAR studies with traditional regression and neural network approaches based on calculated molecular properties from quantum mechanical methods. Our ultimate goal for computer-aided drug design is to provide some useful drug candidates for synthetic chemists before they start their synthesis.

Ph.D., Jackson State University, 2003

The Hill's group focuses on developing tools that will provide accurate information about relatively large systems. Using Quantum Monte Carlo methods, Localization methods, basis set extrapolation methods and other innovative techniques, accurate calculations can be performed on systems that are computationally difficult.

Ph. D., University of Utah, 1995

Our group is engaged in theoretical and numerical studies of physical processes that govern the optical spectroscopy and transport in nanostructures such as semiconductor quantum wells, wires, and dots as well as metal nanoparticles and nanoparticle-biomolecule systems.