Research

Integrating quantum chemistry method development with performance-portable software for accelerator-heavy computing environments.

Core Research Themes

Multi-layer Adaptive Partitioning (MAP)

Extending MAP approaches to treat complex reactive environments while maintaining chemical accuracy.

  • Designing hierarchical partitioning strategies that balance subsystem fidelity and computational cost
  • Building reusable MAP analysis workflows for collaborators

Fragment-based Electronic Structure at Scale

Advancing interfragment coupling models for covalent systems.

  • Rigorous treatments published in J. Phys. Chem. A and J. Chem. Phys.
  • Modernizing GAMESS fragmentation modules for GPU-enabled supercomputers
  • Maintaining libfrag as an open-source sandbox for new algorithms

High-Performance Computing & Accelerator Enablement

Optimizing quantum chemistry kernels for heterogeneous CPU/GPU architectures.

  • MPI/OpenMP hybrids and CUDA implementations
  • Benchmarking on DOE-class systems with Ames National Laboratory
  • Ensuring novel methods land in production-quality code bases

Active Projects

Subsystem-local SAPT acceleration

Applying resolution-of-identity techniques to reduce the cost of exchange-repulsion terms.

Accelerated MAP workflow

Co-developing GPU-ready MAP components targeting realistic condensed-phase simulations.

GAMESS extreme-scale modernization

Deploying new fragmentation kernels across DOE leadership-class machines.

Collaborations & Partnerships

University of Colorado Denver

Guidez Lab & Lin Group: multiscale methods and computational chemistry applications

Ames National Laboratory

GAMESS development, exascale readiness, and novel architecture studies

MolSSI Community

Best practices for sustainable scientific software and mentorship

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