Fields of Specialization:
Theoretical Atomic, Molecular & Chemical Physics
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics and Chemistry
Theoretical and Computational Astrophysics
Spectroscopy
Collision Physics
Work Experience:
Assistant Research Professor, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Chemistry Department, Las Vegas, NV, September 2007 to October 2011.
Computational Chemist, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Chemistry Department, Las Vegas, NV, July 2006 to August 2007.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Chemistry Department, Las Vegas, NV, February 2004 to June 2006.
Visiting Scientist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics, Cambridge, MA, November 2005.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, The University of Georgia, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Athens, GA, July 2001 to January 2004.
Visiting Scientist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics, Cambridge, MA, October 2003.
Consultant, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA, August 2003.
Visiting Scientist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics, Cambridge, MA, February-March 2002.
Visiting Scientist, National University of Rosario, Laboratory of Atomic Collisions, Argentina, April-June 2001.
Education:
Ph.D. in Chemical Physics, summa cum laude, University of Lorraine (f/k/a Paul Verlaine University or University of Metz), Metz, France, March 2001.
M.S. in Physics & Chemistry, magna cum laude, Institute of Physics of Metz, France, July 1998.
Professional Activities:
Organizing Committee Member of the Symposium "Lanthanides and Actinides: A Chemist's Perspective", Spring 2010 ACS meeting, Nuclear Chemistry and Technology Division, San Francisco, CA, USA, March 21-25, 2010.
Organizing Committee Member of the 2006 NASA Laboratory Astrophysics Workshop, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, February 14-16, 2006.
Editor of the 2006 NASA LAW Conference Proceedings(NASA/CP-2006-214549).
Editorial Board Member of Papers in Physics
Reviewer for the US DOE Nuclear Energy University Programs (NEUP)
Reviewer for ACS Nano, Phys. Rev. Lett., Phys. Rev. A, Phys. Rev. B, ChemPhysChem, J. Phys. Chem. C, J. Phys. Chem. A, Chem. Phys. Lett., J. Mol. Struct.: Theochem, J. Mol. Struct., Phys. Lett. A, Phys. Stat. Sol (a), J. Nucl. Mater., Appl. Surf. Sci., J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer.
Member of the American Physical Society