The Quantum Theory group, USC 05/22/2024.
From left to right – Chanikya Jayawardana, Julian Stetzler, Vitaly, Rassolov, Michael Safo, Sophya Garashchuk.  

The Quantum Theory Group at the 2023 SETCA  meeting Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA.
From left to right: Back row – Vitaly  Rassolov, Austin Hill, Julian Stetzler, Sachith Wickramasinghe, Matt Dutra.
Front row – Shehani Wetthasinghe, Sophya Garashchuk, Cathryn Murphy.

Members

Professor Vitaly Rassolov

M.S., 1992, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology 
M.S., 1992, University of Notre Dame 
Ph.D., 1996, University of Notre Dame 
Postdoc 1996-2001, Northwestern University with Mark Ratner and John Pople

Graduate students 

Julian Stetzler (co-adivsed with Garashchuk) 

Julian has joined the group in 2022. His undergraduate degree in Math/Chemistry is from Alvernia University. Julian is working on the Exact Factorization theory of the electron-nuclear dynamics. 

Chanikya Jayawardana 

Chanikya has joined the group in 2023. Her undergraduate degree in Chemistry is from the Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, Sri Lanka. In our group she is working on the effects of the electronic basis sets on the nuclear motion in molecules.

Key Collaborators 

Sophya Garashchuk 

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina
 

Former Members  

Graduate students 

Shehani Wetthasinghe, Ph.D. 2023.   
Brett Cagg, Ph.D. 2015.   
Feng Xu, Ph.D. 2007.   
Bryan Nichols, MS 2014. 

Postdoctoral fellows 

Guangcan Yang, 2003-2004  
Khaled Bahloul, 2003-2004