Professor; Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate Division
Chemistry and Biochemistry
A product of an enriching honors community and transformative undergraduate research experience, Prof. Hratchian is a strong advocate for honors studies and undergraduate research opportunities. Prof. Hratchian is a theoretical chemist specializing in computational molecular quantum mechanics. Research in the Hratchian Group lies at the intersection of chemistry, mathematics, physics, and computer science. The group’s work includes the development and application of efficient computational chemistry methods to explore interesting questions in chemistry and spectroscopy. Recent studies have focused on mechanism elucidation, electron detachment spectroscopy simulation for transition metal and lanthanide systems, and developing new electronic structure theory models.
