Marcel Nooijen
Professor, Associate Chair (Undergraduate and Coop Programs)
Email: nooijen@uwaterloo.ca
Location: PHY 2021
Phone: 519-888-4567 x37708
Biography
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.
Research Interests
- 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
Education
- 1992, PhD, Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1987, Bachelor's equivalent Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1985, Undergraduate, Technical University of Eindhoven, Netherlands
Awards
- 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
Service
- 2020-2021 and 2009-2010, Executive Committee
- 2016-2020, Promotion and Tenure Committee
- 2015-2016, Chemistry Awards Committee
- 2015-2016, Arts Faculty Council
- 2014-2015 and 2010-2012, Science Faculty Council
- 2005-2009, Associate editor for the International Journal of Quantum Chemistry
Professional Associations
- 2016-present, Member, International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science
Teaching*
- CHEM 356 - Introductory Quantum Mechanics
- Taught in 2024
* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.
Selected/Recent Publications
- View all Marcel Nooijen's publications on Google Scholar.
- 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.