Alex Thom is a University Lecturer in the University of Cambridge, and a Director of Studies in Physical Natural Sciences at Magdalene College. His research interests are in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, specializing in method and software development.
Current projects involve the calculation of accurate electronic energies using Monte Carlo techniques, the description of excited states of medium-large molecules using new methodology, and investigation of the electronic structure of molecules using localized orbital techniques.
Summer Projects
Positions are available for 8-10 week projects in Summer 2013. If you would like to discuss these, please contact me by email. Some example projects can be found here