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Feb 2, 2021 • Caitlin Burns
By Katherine Haines '21 Dr. Manny Curotto, professor and chair of the Chemistry and Physics Department, and alumna Lena Jake ’16 published a research paper, “On Diffusion Monte Carlo in spaces with multi-valued maps, boundaries and gradient torsion,” in the January edition of Chemical Physics...
Feb 14, 2020 • Caitlin Burns
Biochemistry major Amy Stringer ’20, ’21M, who is in the 3+2 Forensic Science program, was recently awarded the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) Younger Chemists Committee (YCC) Leadership Development Award, which provided her the opportunity to attend the YCC’s Leadership Development Workshop...
Nov 18, 2019 • Caitlin Burns
Biochemistry major Amy Stringer ’20, ’21M has known since she was a child that she wanted to be a doctor. But after three years in the lab with Dr. Manny Curotto, professor and chair of Chemistry, she’s set her sights on a different career track: pathology. She’s still planning to go to medical...
May 13, 2019 • Caitlin Burns
Arcadia University’s School of Education hosted Egyptian delegates from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and four universities on April 30, in order to showcase student and faculty research in scientific fields across campus. Carlie Banchi ’19, Hope Halza ’19,...
Apr 30, 2019 • Caitlin Burns
Dr. Manny Curotto, professor and chair of Chemistry and Physics, and students Gabrielle DiEmma ’19 and Shane Kalette ’19 had their paper, “Classical and quantum simulations of a lithium ion solvated by a mixed Stockmayer cluster,” accepted for publication in Chemical Physics Letters and OA Mirrors...
Apr 15, 2019 • Caitlin Burns
Arcadia students presented research at the ninth annual interdisciplinary Regional Undergraduate Student Research Conference (RUSRC) on March 23. The event was hosted by Delaware State University, and focused on “Why Academic Diversity in Higher Education Enriches all the Disciplines.” At the...
Aug 1, 2017 • Caitlin Burns
Dr. Manny Curotto, professor and chair of chemistry and physics, attended the Telluride Science Research Center’s annual workshop on Monte Carlo methods for electronic structure theory this July. The conference gave Dr. Curotto the opportunity to hear from experts in the field and compare their...
Oct 17, 2016 • Caitlin Burns
Dr. Manny Curotto, professor and chair of Chemistry and Physics, recently published an essay in The Journal of Physical Chemistry titled “Quest for Inexpensive Hydrogen Isotopic Fractionation: Do We Need 2D Quantum Confining in Porous Materials or Are Rough Surfaces Enough? The Case of Ammonia...
Jun 1, 2015 • Christopher Sarachilli
In May, the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund (ACS PRF) recommended that a $70,000 research grant be awarded to Dr. Emanuele Curotto, professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry and Physics, for his research proposal, “Quantum Simulations of Lithium Ion...
Born in Mezzanego (GE) Italy. Became a US citizen in 2011
Graduated from the University of Massachusetts Lowell with a B.S. in chemistry 1992
Graduated from Yale University with a Ph.D. in physical chemistry 1996
Postdoctoral fellow at The University of Rhode Island, under Dr. D. L. Freeman 1996 - 1998
Started working at Beaver College, now Arcadia University, in September of 1998
Theoretical and computational chemistry
Hometown
Dresher PA
Home Country
USA
Languages
I am fluent in Italian and I speak some Spanish
Author • 2019
Article, Chem. Phys. Lett.
Co-Authored with G.E.DiEmma, S.A.Kalette
Author • 2019
Article, Chem. Phys. Lett.
Co-Authored with Amy Stringer
Author • 2009
Book, CRC press
I have years of experience in developing and implementing quantum methods to study molecular clusters and similar types of condensed matter. Clusters are special states of matter created naturally in extreme low pressure and low temperature environments. Clusters are the seeds of planetary systems, they can be found in nebulas, in interstellar space, and can be created routinely in laboratory settings. The interest in clusters continues to grow as applications emerge in the field of nanotechnology and material science. Could one fabricate a nanoscale rechargeable lithium ion battery? What "solvents" would work? What would the technical advantages be? Aside from the potential engineering applications, scientists are interested in answering more fundamental questions: Why clusters form in the first place? What are their physical, thermodynamic, kinetic and reactive properties like? What are the correct laws of physics that describe and predict best the properties of clusters? This last question turns out to be quite complicated, as the laws of quantum physics do play a role at low temperature, and when the relative masses associated with dynamic degrees of freedom are sufficiently small. In this regard, the quantum theory of molecular aggregates is in its infancy. The laws of physics (i.e. the Schroedinger equation, or the Feynman Path Integral) are well established, but their implementation to molecular matter is extremely challenging.