1. I will begin my PhD in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry at UC San Diego this fall. There, I will spend my deriving models and developing computational frameworks to push the limits of computer simulations of matter, in the gas and condensed phases. I will be working on the development of Many-body MD models, Quantum Dyanamical simulations, and the application of Electronic Structure methods such as DFT to model complex materials such as hybrid (org/inorg) perovskites, MOFs, Quantum materials, etc. The latter is the area in which I have been trained, as I have experience from UNAM with Tight-Binding models and periodic DFT modeling of bulk and 2D-materials. My experience with Tight-Binding and effective Hamiltonian approaches is mathematical derivation and numerical programming to model band structures. As far as DFT, I have experience with both all-electron and pseudopotential techniques to study bulk and quantum materials. Examples of these are alkali-ion transition metal chalcogenides, and two-dimensional magnets. As far as technical skills or programming, I have experience with bash, python, GNUplot, Wolfram Mathematica and have somewhat knowledge of MPI and SLURM. No C++ yet, but that will change soon.
2. I commit to dedicate between 2 and 4 hours a day to the site. Currently, I find myself at an interface in which I am finishing undergrad, working on my thesis, reviewing articles, getting involved with my lab for my PhD, training, and working in Tech Support for 40 hours a week. So… what I am saying with this is that I still average between 0.5 and 1.0 hr a day on our SE, but as I will now be funded to pursue my passions in theoretical chemistry, I will have more time (drop the 40 hr shift I have now!) on my hands to best serve our community.