Steven A. Lopez, Ph.D.
Steven is the principal investigator of the Lopez group and director of graduate studies. He is interested in understanding the mechanism of organic photochemical reactions and developing big-data techniques to accelerate photodynamics simulations and identify new classes of chromophores. Steven serves as the Chairman of the Alliance for Diversity in Science and Engineering. He earned a BS in Chemistry from NYU, PhD in Chemistry from UCLA, and was a DOE Postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University.
Associate Professor
Leticia Adao Gomes
Leticia is a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She earned a Bachelor’s degree from Suffolk University in 2021. Her research focuses on using high-throughput virtual screening calculations to identify novel organic photoredox catalysts. Additionally, she is investigating the mechanistic origin of the stereoselectivity in photodenitrogenation reactions using CASSCF and NAMD.
4th year graduate student
Christian Salguero
Christian is a third-year PhD student from Los Angeles, California. He graduated from Connecticut College in 2021 where he majored in Chemistry with 2 minors in math and computer science. Christian is now using various quantum chemical methods, such as Density Functional Theory and complete active space, and machine learning methods, such PyRAI2MD, to understand photochemical mechanisms of light-promoted gas-evolving reactions.
3rd year graduate student
Sean Larmore
Sean Larmore is a first-year graduate PhD student from Flemington, NJ. He graduated from New Jersey Instituted of Technology in 2023 with a major in chemistry and a minor in applied mathematics. Sean is still learning a lot about the lab and the various methods employed, but he is extremely interested in understanding the mechanisms of photo-activated chemical reactions as well as the potential role that solvation plays in these reactions. Sean is currently working on photocatalyzed ammonia cleavage reaction!
2nd year graduate student
Bruno Mochi
Bruno Is a second-year PhD Student from Frederick, Maryland. He graduated from Lebanon Valley College, PA in 2023 where he majored in Chemistry. He is interested in using high throughput virtual screening to identify next-generation organic photoredox catalysts. He enjoys working with other scientists and planning events to help bridge the scientific community. He was recently elected as social chair for the Northeastern Section Younger Chemists Committee (NSYCC).
2nd year graduate student
Bella Albano
Bella is a fourth-year undergraduate student from Rochester, New York and is a research assistant in the Lopez Lab. She is majoring in health science and pursuing a career in medicine. Bella is using multireference quantum calculations to uncover the mechanisms of misunderstood photochemical reactions.
Undergraduate student
Katie Rank
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Undergraduate student