2012 Research Advisors
Physical Division

Professor	Research Topics	Undergraduates Enrolled in Chemistry 49900
Dor Ben-Amotz^* (bendor@purdue.edu)	I. Hydration Shell Vibrational Spectroscopy II. Comprehensive Detection Spectroscopy and Chemical Imaging III. Computer Simulation Theory	Christopher Deshaw Sang Yun Park Joseph Thomaz
Ji-Xin Cheng (jcheng@purdue.edu)	I. Biological Imaging With Advanced Optical Microscopy II. Nanophotonics and Nanomedicine
Brian Dian (dianb@purdue.edu)
Joe Francisco (jfrancis@purdue.edu)		Laura Dubnicka
Sabre Kais^* (kais@purdue.edu)	I. Electronic Structure of Atoms & Molecules II. Quantum Phase Transitions III. Pivot Methods for Global Optimization	Ashley Schreder
Lyudmila Slipchenko (lslipchenko@purdue.edu)	I. Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions at Molecular Scale II. Electronic Structure Calculations of Photosynthetic Proteins	Sung Min Hong
Adam Wasserman (awasser@purdue.edu)	I. Surprising Dipole Moments of Heteronuclear Diatomics II. Quantum Chemistry In One Dimension	Zachary McCormack
Timothy S. Zwier^* (zwier@purdue.edu)	I. Laser Spectroscopy of Combustion Intermediates II. Laser Photochemistry of Relevance to Planetary Atmospheres III. Laser Spectroscopy of Biologically Relevant Neutrals and Ions	Rachel Clayton Polina Navotnaya Alex Parobek

^*These faculty members are willing to take students in other majors such as math or computer science.

Updated 8/24/12