Gustavo Scuseria

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Robert A. Welch Professor of Chemistry, Rice University
Professor of Physics & Astronomy
Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering
Member of the Rice Quantum Institute
Member of the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology
Member of the Keck Center for Computational Biology
Member of the Computer and Information Technology Institute

Ph.D., University of Buenos Aires
Post Doc, University of California, Berkeley and the Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, University of Georgia

Contributions to Gaussian: Linear scaling methods; TD-DFT excited states;DFT functionals; DFT performance improvements; large-molecule optimizations; periodic boundary conditions.

Research Interests

  • electronic structure theory, includingcoupled cluster and density functional theories
  • computational quantum chemistry, notably materials research with quantum applications (HSE functional & successors)
  • solid-state predictions
  • projected quasiparticle theory