Marcel Nooijen

Marcel Nooijen carries out research in theoretical chemistry. His long-term goal is to develop accurate wave function based electronic structure methods that are applicable to general open-shell systems, in particular transition metal compounds. The electronic structure technique should be coupled to an efficient scheme to describe non-adiabatic nuclear dynamics such that one can make direct comparisons with experimental results. The ideal electronic structure methodology would be a local, multireference coupled cluster method, combined with an efficient explicit correlation (r12) technique, and including important relativistic effects. Nuclear dynamics would be based on vibronic model Hamiltonians obtained from a suitable diabatization of the electronic states.

• Electronic Structure Theory
• Vibronic coupling and non-adiabatic nuclear dynamics
• Simulation of vibronic spectroscopy
• Coupled Cluster Theory for excited states
• Multireference methods in transition metal chemistry
• Investigation of efficient representation Coulomb Interactions
• Devices and Analytical Methods

• 1992 Ph.D., Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 1987 Bachelor's equivalent Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 1985 Undergraduate, Technical University of Eindhoven, Netherlands

• 2017 Tom Ziegler Award, Canadian Society for Chemistry
• 2016 Elected as member of International Academy of Quantum Molecular Sciences
• 2003 Medal of International Academy of Quantum Molecular Sciences

• Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2016-20
• Chemistry Awards Committee, 2015-16
• Arts Faculty Council, 2015-16
• Science Faculty Council, 2010-12, 2014-15
• Executive Committee, 2009-10, 2020-21
• Associate editor for the International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 2005-09

• Member, International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science, 2016-now

• CHEM 254 - Introductory Chemical Thermodynamics
  • Taught in 2021, 2022, 2023
• CHEM 350 - Chemical Kinetics
  • Taught in 2020
• CHEM 356 - Introductory Quantum Mechanics
  • Taught in 2019
• CHEM 400 - Special Topics in Chemistry
  • Taught in 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
• CHEM 740 - Selected Topics in Theoretical Chemistry
  • Taught in 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
• NE 332 - Quantum Mechanics
  • Taught in 2022, 2023

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• M. H. Lechner R. Iszak M. Nooijen F. Neese. (2021). A perturbative approach to multireference equation of motion coupled cluster. Molecular Physics. 119: e1939185.
• Nooijen, M. Bao, S. (2021). Normal ordered exponential approach to thermal properties and time correlation functions: General theory and simple examples. Molecular Physics. 119(20-21): e1980832.
• Demel, O. Lecours, M.J. Habrovsky, R. Nooijen, M. (2021). Toward laplace MP2 method using range separated Coulomb potential and orbital selective virtual. Journal of Chemical Physics. 155(15): 154104.
• Heldmaier, F. V. Coughing, N. J. Haack, A. Huard, R. Guna, M. Scheider, B. Nooijen, M. Hopkins, S. (2021). UVPD spectroscopy of differential mobility-selected prototropic isomers of protonated adenine. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 23(35): 19892-19900.
• View all Marcel Nooijen's publications on Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=yFqaGSsAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

• August 10, 2016: Waterloo chemist Marcel Nooijen joins elite international​ quantum molecular society