David E. Woon, Research Associate Professor (PI). Prof. Woon has over three decades of experience performing quantum chemical studies and has worked on basis set development, the structure, properties, and reactions of small molecules, and the study of reactions occurring on or within ice mixtures that are relevant to astrochemistry and astrobiology. Together, Profs. Woon and Dunning discovered that recoupled pair bonding accounts for both traditional hypervalency in elements like P, S, and Cl as well as the tetravalence of carbon.

Thom H. Dunning, Jr., Professor (Co-I). Prof. Dunning has been active in quantum chemistry for over four decades. He began the development of correlation consistent basis sets in the late 1980s, and they are now widely used by quantum chemists who aim to make the most accurate predictions possible. Prof. Dunning was also the PI for the NSF-funded Institute for Chemistry Literacy Through Computational Science (ICLCS). Prof. Dunning is currently at the Northwest Institute for Advanced Computing and in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Washington.

Dr. Lina Chen. Dr. Chen earned her PhD in 2008 at Boston University and was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Illinois from 2008-2011. Dr. Chen worked on the proposal to NSF to develop the module, and made many contributions to the projects in its first years. She helped to organize the first BCCE symposium we sponsored in 2010.

Dr. Beth Linquist. Dr. Lindquist earned her PhD at the University of Illinois in 2014 with Prof. Dunning.

Dr. Tyler Takeshita. Dr. Takeshita earned his PhD at the University of Illinois in 2015 with Prof. Dunning.

Dr. Lu Xu. Dr. Xu earned her PhD at the University of Illinois in 2015 with Prof. Dunning.

Dr. Jeff Leiding. Dr. Leiding earned his PhD at the University of Illinois in 2012 with Prof. Dunning.