The research interests of this laboratory are in the fields of experimental and theoretical Physical Chemistry. In particular, the study of the structure, bonding, and chemistry of transient and high energy molecules is being pursued.
The Tschumper research group is devoted to obtaining
answers and insight to important chemical problems
through theory and computation rather than experiment.
Of particular interest are weak chemical interactions
(hydrogen bonding, van der Waals forces, pi...pi
stacking, etc.) that play a vital role in a host
of chemical, physical, and biological processes.
Using extremely accurate electronic structure
techniques we probe the details of the underlying
physics behind these interactions. We are also
developing new computational methods that can
reliably describe weak chemical interactions in
large chemical or biochemical systems.
