Biography

Websites:
Research with Rowan
Research Website
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Personal Website

Education:
Post-Doctoral Associate, Johns Hopkins University
Post-Doctoral Associate, Northwestern University
Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, University of Chicago
B.S., Chemistry, Tennessee Technological University

Research Expertise:
Quantum Chemistry | Electron Transport | Quantum Sensors | Electronic Devices | Computational Organic Reactions | Computational Materials

The current focus for my research group is to uncover new and more efficient molecular devices and materials for electronics, quantum sensor, small molecule drugs, and renewable energy applications. To do this, my research group develops and employs high accuracy electronic structure and electron transport techniques. We particularly specialize in novel Green’s function charge transport formalism combined with high accuracy quantum chemistry methods. These techniques allow us to examine promising molecular electronic devices and quantum sensors in order to better define the role of molecular electron-electron interactions in determining electron transport and provide experimentalists with the insights needed for the challenging task of designing new devices. Other interests include organic materials/electronics as well as investigating organic reaction pathways and physical effects in organic molecules using high accuracy electronic structure techniques.

Honors and Awards: 
NSF CAREER Award, 2024
NSF ExpandQISE Award, 2024

Professional Memberships:
American Chemical Society 
American Physical Society

Selected Publications:
Naohiro Fujinuma, Natalie Page, Anna G Boddy, Joshua Rivkind, Lindsey Tomlinson, Erik P. Hoy, Samuel E. Lofland. "Synergistic Pd-Au Catalyst for Selective Electrosynthesis of Dimethyl Carbonate in Conjunction with High-Rate Redox System", Advanced Functional Materials, 2412402 (2024), https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202412402

Tanner A. Cossaboon, Samir Kazmi, Matt Tineo and Erik P. Hoy, "Assessing the importance of multireference correlation in predicting reversed conductance decay", Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 26, 6696-6707 (2024), https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CP01110K

Andrew M. Sand, Justin T. Malme, and Erik P. Hoy, “A multiconfigurational pair-density functional theory approach to molecular junctions”, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 155(11), 114115 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0063293

Joseph N. Capilato, Peter J. Pellegrinelli, Josephine Bernard, Logan Schnorbus, Shane Philippi, Joseph Mattiucci, Erik P. Hoy and Lark J. Perez. "Acetyl nitrate mediated conversion of methyl ketones to diverse carboxylic acid derivatives." Org. Biomol. Chem., 19, 5298-5302 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1039/D1OB00786F

Don X. Bones, Justin T. Malme, and Erik P. Hoy, Examining conductance values in the biphenyl molecular switch with reduced density matrices, Int J Quantum Chem., e26633, (2021). https://doi.org/10.1002/qua.26633