Chemistry and Physics Seminar

Featuring Dr. Benjamin G. Levine
IACS Endowed Professor of Chemistry
Stony Brook University

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Bio: Dr. Levine's research group focuses on developing and applying methods for simulating electronically excited molecules and materials, including those important for solar energy conversion and light-driven chemistry.  This work encompasses the development of new theories and simulation methods, the efficient implementation of these methods on high-performance computer hardware, and the application of the resulting tools to solve real chemical problems of fundamental and technological interest.  Current applications of interest include semiconductor nanomaterials for solar energy conversion and light emission, and ultrafast spectroscopy, strong field processes in molecules, and optical processes in metal clusters.  We focus on understanding nonadiabatic effects in these systems—the exchange of energy between electronic and vibrational/reactive degrees of freedom.

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