Chen's group
From Left to right, top to bottom: Harry, Yanbin, Nishi, Ming, Jake, Lisa, Devendra, and Jae
From left to right: Ming, Lisa, Tushar, Ian Jack, Jae, Sagarmoy, Harry
Tushar and Jake presenting poster at the Midwest Theoretical Chemistry Conference 2023 at Purdue
From Left to right, top to bottom: Harry, Yanbin, Nishi, Ming, Jake, Lisa, Devendra, and Jae
Members
Principal Investigator
Ming Chen, PhD
Assistant Professor - Physical/Theoretical Chemistry
765-496-3737
WTHR 221A
B.S. in Chemistry, Peking University, 2008
PhD. in Chemistry, New York University. 2016
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California Berkeley, 2018
Postdoctoral Fellow, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2021
Postdoctoral Fellows
Graduate Students
Jake Vu
PhD candidate, Theoretical Chemistry
WTHR 221E
Study of Materials' Properties in Extreme Environments using Stochastic Density Functional Theory and Molecular Dynamics Simulations
B.S in Biochemistry, Georgia State University, 2016
M.S in Chemistry, Georgia State University, 2017
Joined Fall 2021
Yajie (Lisa) Cai
PhD candidate, Theoretical Chemistry
WTHR 221D
Denoising sDFT calculations with machine learning models
Using diffusion model to generate protein ensemble under different constraints
B.S. in Chemistry; Physics, Appalachian State University, 2022
Joined Fall 2022
Jae Juh
PhD student, Theoretical Chemistry
WTHR 228
Studying enhanced sampling
B.S in Chemistry, Purdue University, 2024
Joined Fall 2024
Harry Liu
PhD candidate, Mechanical Engineering
Machine Learning, Enhanced Sampling
B.S in Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Rice University, 2021
Joined Fall 2022
Devendra Prajapat
PhD student, Theoretical Chemistry
WTHR 228
Enhanced Sampling, Machine Learning.
B.Sc in Chemistry (Hons). St. Stephen's College, New delhi, 2019
M.Sc in Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, 2022
Joined Fall 2023
Undergraduate Students
Alumni
Sagarmoy Mandal
Postdoctoral Fellow
2022 - 2024
Tushar K Ghosh
Postdoctoral Fellow
2021 - 2024
Ian Hamilton
Undergraduate Research Assistant
2022 - 2023