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Rick Remsing
Assistant Professor
Postdoc Temple (2015-2019)
Postdoc UPenn (2013-2015)
Ph.D. Maryland (2013)
B.S. USciences (2008)
Harender Dhattarwal
Postdoctoral Associate
Ph.D. IIT Delhi (2022)
M.S. IIT Guwahati (2017)
B.S. University of Delhi (2015)
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Atul Thakur
Graduate Student
B.S.-M.S. IISER-Pune (2018)
Olivia Martin
Graduate Student
B.S. Rochester Institute of Technology (2022)
Jackson Liu
Undergraduate Student
B.S. Rutgers (2025)
Neil Hall
Graduate Student
B.S. Appalachian State University (2020)
Hank Longo
Undergraduate Student
B.S. Rutgers (2025)
Colin Hylton-Farrington
Graduate Student
B.A. Clark University (2021)
Hari Rajesh
Undergraduate Student
B.S. Rutgers (2026)
Research Areas
theoretical and computational chemical physics
Materials
for Energy
We work to uncover the molecular mechanisms underlying functionality of materials systems for applications in renewable and sustainable energy. We develop techniques that bridge nanoscale electronic structure to mesoscale charge and energy transport, as well as macroscopic thermodynamic and mechanical properties. Current systems of interest include low-dimensional semiconductors, liquid- and solid-state electrolytes, and their interfaces.
Astrobiology &
Planetary Science
Our research strives to uncover molecular driving forces underlying prebiotic chemistry on Earth and beyond, as well as to understand molecular processes driving geology on planetary surfaces. In particular, interfaces involving mineral surfaces are important to geochemistry, and our research focuses on understanding crystalline solids, molecular liquids, and their interfaces in atomic detail. Areas of current interest include mineral-water interfaces and the surface of Saturn’s moon Titan.
Method
Development
Our work in this area involves developing theories and computational methods for modeling extended and molecular-scale interfaces, with a focus on quantitative descriptions of solvation in equilibrium and nonequilibrium systems. Current interests include methods for machine learning models capable of describing long range interactions, analytic theories for long range interactions, path integral methods for quasiparticles, and nonequilibrium descriptions of model chemical reactions in solution.
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about rick
Rick Remsing is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Rutgers University. Rick received a B.S. in chemistry, with minor concentration in mathematics and physics, from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia in 2008. During that time, he conducted research in the lab of Professor Guillermo Moyna, focusing on biomass dissolution in ionic liquids. He then joined the Chemical Physics program at the University of Maryland under the guidance of Professor John Weeks. Rick’s Ph.D. thesis focused on the theory and simulation of liquid interfaces. After graduate school, he joined the group of Professor Amish Patel in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, working on hydrophobic effects and protein hydration. Rick then moved to Temple University as a postdoctoral fellow in the group of Professor Michael Klein, where he worked on a variety of problems in the energy and materials sciences.
Select Honors and Awards:
ACS COMP OpenEye Outstanding Junior Faculty Award (Spring 2023)
NASA Planetary Science Early Career Award (2022)
ACS Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator Award (2022)