Welcome to the Lindberg Group Webpage
The Lindberg group uses theoretical and computational chemistry to understand the behavior of complex condensed phase systems. Theoretical and computational chemistry are generally applicable to understanding the world around us, and we are applying them to help develop materials for new clean energy technologies, explain weird observations in the outer solar system, and to understand biological systems. There are a few ongoing projects in the group, but a few are the study of phase behavior in heterogeneous environments like solid-liquid interfaces, amorphous polymers, and multiphase systems, the dynamics of gas mixtures in nanoporous materials, and we are looking into the molecular origins of ion, water and gas behavior in polymer membranes relevant for fuel cells and supercapacitors. For more information, see the research overview page. Feel free to explore the site to see what we are up to and we are looking for dedicated undergraduate and graduate students so be sure to check out the opportunities page to see our openings. Please email if you have any questions.
Recent Group News
April 2024
Anna and Shae's manuscript describing our work with low temperature outbursts upon cooling has been submitted!
March 2024
We're looking for an undergraduate to join our team through the Interns-to-Scholars (I2S) program. See this handshake posting for more information!
Anna has submitted a manuscript describing her work with the N2+CH4+C2H6 ternary system!
BP's work describing the low temperature vapor pressures of oxygen and ammonia ices has been accepted for publication in Planetary and Space Science!
Alex's cover depicting our interface identification method is on the cover of the Journal of Physical Chemistry B!
Guillermo has been awarded a ¡MIRA! Scholarship!
Our manuscript about Laboratory measurement of volatile ice vapor pressures with a quartz crystal microbalance is now available in Icarus!
Our collaborative work led by Will Grundy about laboratory measurements of ice vapor pressures has been accepted for publication in Icarus!
A manuscript let by Steve Tegler describing work to measure optical constants of ices at low temperatures has been submitted!
A manuscript led by our collaborator Will Grundy describing a method to measure low temperature vapor pressures has been submitted!
Anthony received a ¡MIRA! Scholarship!
Gerrick and others were interviewed about the Monsoon/HPC at NAU!
The Lindberg group has moved back into the chemistry department!
We just submitted Shane's work describing a new way to characterize interfacial surfaces!
Our work with the Gage group is now available in the journal Biology.
Our collaborative work with the Gage group at UMass Lowell on the effect of pH on peptide extension has been submitted!
Shae's paper has been accepted for publication in JCP!
Freddy's work on CAGE interfaces was accepted for publication in PCCP!
Gerrick has been recognized with the Department of Chemistry John Wettaw Faculty Excellence Award for his contributions to the department as a teacher!
Shae submitted her manuscript on mapping solid-fluid coexistence lines in cryogenic binary mixtures!
Jason presented his work at the 9th Annual Hooper and Undergraduate Research Awards Reception!
Jason is featured in an article about using informatics to study Pluto!
Alex's presentation won 3rd place at the Sigma Pi Sigma Undergraduate Research Symposium at the University of Virginia!
Tristan Donnelly at the Arizona Daily Sun interviewed Gerrick and wrote a great article about some of our work.
Our n-alkanes paper in Liquids is now available! We take a close look at liquids from methane to pentadecane and introduce a new way of understanding entropy changes in liquids.
We have submitted a manuscript describing Freddy's work studying the deep eutectic solvent CAGE at a vacuum-liquid interface!
Alex did a great job giving her final REU presentation titled 'Failure to Social Distance: Exceeding Gathering Limits in Titan's Lakes'! It's been a great, productive summer!
Our paper about n-alkane liquids has been accepted for publication in the journal Liquids.
Anna's paper about methane+ethane mixtures is now available from the Planetary Science Journal!
Lovenia received the Undergraduate Research Award from the Begovac Experiment Fund for her poster presentation at the 2021 NAU Undergraduate Symposium!
Lovenia did a great job presenting her research into real behavior in eutectic systems at the Statewide Arizona/NASA Space Grant Undergraduate Research Internship Symposium!
Freddy has successfully defended his thesis!
Lovenia Libby was awarded a 2021-22 Hooper Undergraduate Research Award!
Former group member Caitlan Patcher is now Quality Lead at Mother Road Brewing!
Former group member Dr. Kevin Gochenour is going to Michigan for residency!
Former group member Dr. Erin Carter will be going to Utah for her residency!
NAU News has an article about the grant that Jennifer Hanley and I recently received from NASA!
My NASA/SSW proposal with Jennifer Hanley at Lowell Observatory has been recommended for funding!
Anna's NASA/FINESST proposal has been recommended for funding!
Kyle is a 2020 Gold Axe winner!
Kyle was awarded the 2020 Keim Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research!
Caitlan successfully defended her thesis on peptide structure and dynamics!
The Lindberg group is officially part of the NAU Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science. Don't worry, we're still also in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry!
Mark Brodie at the Phoenix NPR member station KJZZ interviewed me about our research into insulin preservatives! Mark did a great job making me intelligible!
Anna did a great job presenting her work with cryogenic ethane at the Fifth Flagstaff Astronomy Symposium!
Erin's FlgM paper is available from PCCP!
Amy and Kerry Bennett from NAU News wrote a great article about our work developing new preservatives for medicine. Thanks Kerry & Amy!
Shy has successfully defended her thesis!
Kyle is a recipient of the 2019 Goldwater Scholarship!
Shy and Anna's collaborative work with the Astrophysical Ice lab on CO+N2 has been accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal!
Shy and Anna's collaborative paper on a strange spectroscopic feature in mixtures of carbon monoxide and nitrogen has been submitted for publication!
Ramon's Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation proposal was selected for funding!
Alex's collaborative paper on the effect of deep eutectic solvents on bacteria has been submitted!
Porter's work together with the Multifunctional Materials lab (Browder lab) has been accepted for publication in Solid State Ionics!
Our NASA Solar System Working proposal on Kuiper belt objects has been recommended for funding!
Shy, Caitlan, and I traveled to the University of Chicago to participate in the Parsl Hackathon.
Kevin's paper about volatile organic interfaces is officially available! Congratulations Kevin!
Caitlan and Rachel have officially earned their BS degrees and Alex officially earned her MS!
Shy, with our collaborator Will Grundy, was interviewed for a documentary about Pluto. I can't wait to see how it turned out.
Rachel won the 2018 Junia McAlister Award and the Ken Bean Teaching Assistant Award!
Lauren won the 2018 Russ Powell Scholarship!
Caitlan won the 2018 Clint Lane Scholarship!
Kyle won the 2018 Undergraduate Research Award and the Nancy & Henry Wettaw Organic Chemistry Scholarship!
Alex won the 2018 Graduate Research Award!
Alex has successfully defended her Master's thesis! Congratulations Alex!
Our collaborators, Cindy Browder and Cornel Ciocanel and their groups, were just featured in an article about multifunctional material design in AZTechConnect (see pages 15 & 16)! The modeling our group is doing is even mentioned!
Our insulin proposal has received official approval from NIMHD!
Alex has decided to join the Johns Hopkins Chemistry PhD program!
Rachel has decided to join the UW PhD program!
Lauren has accepted a summer REU internship at UC Davis!
We are looking for graduate students. Please contact Gerrick if you're interested!
Our SHERC pilot proposal was recommended for funding!
We hosted Prof. Frank Vázquez from St. John's University for a great department seminar!
I/Gerrick gave a talk at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in the Science Speaker Series. It was a lot of fun, with great faculty and impressive students.
Kevin's work on volatile benzene-cyclohexane interfaces has been accepted for publication!
Porter's work on ion transport in polymers, in collaboration with the Browder and Ciocanel groups, has been submitted for publication.
Alex coordinated the "Research in Chemistry: Opportunities and Student Experiences" seminar, where NAU Chemistry Graduate students talk to undergraduates about why to get involved with research and how to go about it.
Lauren received the 2017 Goodman Scholarship to fund her research and attend the spring ACS National Meeting in New Orleans!
Gerrick visited Bozeman to give a seminar to the Montana State Chemistry Department about our work with ionic liquids and proteins. Thanks to Sharon Neufeldt for a great visit.
Our collaborative proposal with Jennifer Hanley at Lowell Observatory has been selected for funding by NASA!
Erin's manuscript entitled The Ionic Liquid [C4mpy][Tf2N] Induces Bound-like Structure in the Intrinsically Disordered Protein FlgM has been submitted!
Lauren, Rachel, and Alex all presented posters at the 2017 NAPSA Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Poster Session.
Alex is presenting our work on ionic liquids in biological systems at ACS in DC!
Kevin's work on volatile organic interfaces was submitted for publication!
Erin will attend BU School of Medicine this fall! The Lindberg group is great training for medical school. Congratulations Erin!
Kevin is off to UA College of Medicine Phoenix! It's tough to see him go, but the world needs more good MDs.
Lauren won 2nd Place for her research poster entitled "Molecular dynamics simulations of solvent effects on ion transport in solid polymer electrolytes" at the 2017 UGRADS Symposium!
Rachel Huchmala, friend of the lab, received a NAU/NASA Space Grant to work with our collaborator Dr. Jennifer Hanley next year!
Alex and I received our 2017 NAU RCA Awards! Rumor has it this is the first time two awards in one year have gone to the same group!
Alex won the Chemistry Department 2017 Graduate Scholar Award!
Kevin, Shy, and Lauren presented posters at UGRADS. Not to be left out, Alex and Porter judged posters, and Gerrick just went.
Kevin was mentioned in a NAU News Spotlight for completing the 2016-2017 NAU/NASA Space Grant Undergraduate Research Internship Program and presenting his results of at the Arizona/NASA Space Grant 26th Annual Statewide Symposium.
Porter successfully defended his thesis!
Kevin presented a poster at AbSciCon!
Saturday 4/22 Kevin is presenting his work at the Statewide Arizona Space Grant Symposium!
Kevin received the Gold Axe Award this evening!
Alex has won the 2017 NAU Award for Most Promising Graduate Student Researcher/Scholar in recognition of her "excellence in graduate student research and scholarship."
Gerrick has won the 2017 NAU Award for Most Promising New Scholar for demonstrating the potential to contribute outstanding research and scholarship to his discipline.
Alex is competing in the Arizona 3-Minute Grad Slam (AZ3MGS)! AZ3MGS is a statewide competition for the best three minute talk about graduate student research and discovery.
Kevin is presenting his work in a poster at the ACS National Meeting in San Francisco!
Alex won second place in the 3 Minute Research Presentation competition!
Kevin has earned the NAU Gold Axe Award for his outstanding contributions to the university! Congratulations Kevin!
Kevin has won a Student Travel Award from the Office of Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity to attend the ACS National Meeting in San Francisco this April!
Shy, Kevin, and some of our NAU Astrophysics Ice Lab collaborators all presented at the 2017 NAPSA Workshop: Volatiles Across the Solar System!
Alex was awarded a NAU SGS grant!
Alex was voted the best new organic lab TA this semester!
Our dipeptide paper is now available!
Our joint work with the Baker group, with Alex as first author, on the conformational sampling of dipeptides in ionic liquids has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Molecular Liquids!
Our collaboration with the NAU Ice Lab and other New Horizons scientists looking at ices on Pluto was submitted to the journal Icarus.
Our collaborative proposal with head PI Mike Wilde at the UChicago Computation Institute and others to further develop the Swift parallel scripting language was selected for funding by NSF!
Porter and Alex each presented a poster about their work at the Northern Arizona Planetary Science Alliance (NAPSA) poster session.
