Research
"Scientific research is my passion and my profession, and I thoroughly enjoy a broad range of research – from the investigation of fundamental theoretical questions and development of methodologies in quantum mechanics to our partnerships with a pharmaceutical company, a clean energy company, and the MSU Power Plant – and, the impact that we can all make as chemical scientists." - Angela K. Wilson
Because of the versatility of the methods that Angela and her research group utilize and have developed, they investigate a broad range of chemical science challenges. Below are a few examples of research areas in which she and her team are engaged.
Please feel free to visit Angela's professional website for further details about her research. A listing of her publications are available here.
2020 Research Team
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Medicinal Chemistry/Biochemistry
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Protein modeling
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Signaling pathways towards disease
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Drug design (in partnership with a pharmaceutical company and as part of MSU's drug discovery team)
Chem. Sci. 2020,, 11, 6393. (back cover)
Environmental Chemistry, Energy to Fuels
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From proteins to power plants
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Sequestration, utilization
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Scrubbers, water-gas shift reactions
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Partnering with the T.B. Simon Power Plant and a clean energy company
Quantum dynamics, method development
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Spin crossover compounds
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Quantum phenomena (coherence, beats)
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2019, 21, 7265. (back cover)
Catalysis
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Homogeneous and heterogeneous
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Selectivity, thermochemistry, kinetics
J.. Phys. Chem. C 116, 5681 (2012)
Quantum mechanics method development
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Ab initio composite methods
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Basis sets (correlation consistent)
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Single- and multi-reference wave function approaches
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Relativistic approaches
Development and application across the periodic table, from organics to transition metals and the heavy elements.