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Dr Alex Thom

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University Lecturer

Alex Thom is a University Lecturer in Theoretical Chemistry in the University of Cambridge, as well as being a Director of Studies in Chemistry 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 (from chromophores to single-molecule magnets) using new methodologies, and the application of Quantum Chemical Algorithms on Quantum Computers.

I am also a developer of the HANDE QMC package (version 1.5 released March 2021) which (amongst many features) performs Full Configuration Interaction Quantum Monte Carlo and Coupled Cluster Monte Carlo on molecular and solid-state systems, and am happy to be contacted with questions about using this or potential applications.

As part of the EXTRA Consortium, we have been looking at the development processes involved in writing scientific software on modern reconfigurable architectures (principally FPGAs), and currently have projects implementing Quantum Monte Carlo methods on these architectures. I am also part of the Cambridge Initiative for Planetary Science and Life in the Universe.

PhD and MPhil Positions

If you are interested in pursuing an MPhil or PhD in my group, please contact my secretary, sending a CV by email.  The 2022 application process is now closed, but applications for October 2023 are expected to open soon with an application deadline November 2022.

I am part of the Centre for Doctoral Training in Computational Methods for Materials Science and the SynTech Centre for Doctoral Training which both offer funded PhD positions, and I am happy to accept applicants for the MPhil in Scientific Computing and also Chemistry. Some example project ideas can be found here.

Dr Thom discusses his research

Publications

Trade-Off between Redox Potential and the Strength of Electrochemical CO2 Capture in Quinones
AT Bui, NA Hartley, AJW Thom, AC Forse
– The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
(2022)
(DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c03752)
Reducing unitary coupled cluster circuit depth by classical stochastic amplitude prescreening
MA Filip, N Fitzpatrick, D Muñoz Ramo, AJW Thom
– Physical Review Research
(2022)
4,
023243
(DOI: 10.1103/physrevresearch.4.023243)
Making the most of data: Quantum Monte Carlo postanalysis revisited.
T Ichibha, VA Neufeld, K Hongo, R Maezono, AJW Thom
– Physical Review E: Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
(2022)
105,
045313
(DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.105.045313)
Insight into the Gd–Pt Bond: Slow Magnetic Relaxation of a Heterometallic Gd–Pt Complex
T Yoshida, A Shabana, H Zhang, DC Izuogu, T Sato, K Fuku, H Abe, Y Horii, G Cosquer, N Hoshino, T Akutagawa, AJW Thom, S Takaishi, M Yamashita
– Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
(2022)
95,
513
(DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20210429)
Localized Spin Rotations: A Size-Consistent Approach to Nonorthogonal Configuration Interaction
N Lee, AJW Thom
– J Chem Theory Comput
(2022)
18,
710
(DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.1c00862)
Code supporting "Localised Spin Rotation: A Size-Consistent Approach to Non-Orthogonal Configuration Interaction"
A Thom
(2021)
(DOI: 10.17863/CAM.78814)
Software for the frontiers of quantum chemistry: An overview of developments in the Q-Chem 5 package
E Epifanovsky, ATB Gilbert, X Feng, J Lee, Y Mao, N Mardirossian, P Pokhilko, AF White, MP Coons, AL Dempwolff, Z Gan, D Hait, PR Horn, LD Jacobson, I Kaliman, J Kussmann, AW Lange, KU Lao, DS Levine, J Liu, SC McKenzie, AF Morrison, KD Nanda, F Plasser, DR Rehn, ML Vidal, Z-Q You, Y Zhu, B Alam, BJ Albrecht, A Aldossary, E Alguire, JH Andersen, V Athavale, D Barton, K Begam, A Behn, N Bellonzi, YA Bernard, EJ Berquist, HGA Burton, A Carreras, K Carter-Fenk, R Chakraborty, AD Chien, KD Closser, V Cofer-Shabica, S Dasgupta, M de Wergifosse, J Deng, M Diedenhofen, H Do, S Ehlert, P-T Fang, S Fatehi, Q Feng, T Friedhoff, J Gayvert, Q Ge, G Gidofalvi, M Goldey, J Gomes, CE González-Espinoza, S Gulania, AO Gunina, MWD Hanson-Heine, PHP Harbach, A Hauser, MF Herbst, M Hernández Vera, M Hodecker, ZC Holden, S Houck, X Huang, K Hui, BC Huynh, M Ivanov, Á Jász, H Ji, H Jiang, B Kaduk, S Kähler, K Khistyaev, J Kim, G Kis, P Klunzinger, Z Koczor-Benda, JH Koh, D Kosenkov, L Koulias, T Kowalczyk, CM Krauter, K Kue, A Kunitsa, T Kus, I Ladjánszki, A Landau, KV Lawler, D Lefrancois, S Lehtola, RR Li, Y-P Li, J Liang, M Liebenthal, H-H Lin, Y-S Lin, F Liu, K-Y Liu, M Loipersberger, A Luenser, A Manjanath, P Manohar, E Mansoor, SF Manzer, S-P Mao, AV Marenich, T Markovich, S Mason, SA Maurer, PF McLaughlin, MFSJ Menger, J-M Mewes, SA Mewes, P Morgante, JW Mullinax, KJ Oosterbaan, G Paran, AC Paul, SK Paul, F Pavošević, Z Pei, S Prager, EI Proynov, Á Rák, E Ramos-Cordoba, B Rana, AE Rask, A Rettig, RM Richard, F Rob, E Rossomme, T Scheele, M Scheurer, M Schneider, N Sergueev, SM Sharada, W Skomorowski, DW Small, CJ Stein, Y-C Su, EJ Sundstrom, Z Tao, J Thirman, GJ Tornai, T Tsuchimochi, NM Tubman, SP Veccham, O Vydrov, J Wenzel, J Witte, A Yamada, K Yao, S Yeganeh, SR Yost, A Zech, IY Zhang, X Zhang, Y Zhang, D Zuev, A Aspuru-Guzik, AT Bell, NA Besley, KB Bravaya, BR Brooks, D Casanova, J-D Chai, S Coriani, CJ Cramer, G Cserey, AE DePrince, RA DiStasio, A Dreuw, BD Dunietz, TR Furlani, WA Goddard, S Hammes-Schiffer, T Head-Gordon, WJ Hehre, C-P Hsu, T-C Jagau, Y Jung, A Klamt, J Kong, DS Lambrecht, W Liang, NJ Mayhall, CW McCurdy, JB Neaton, C Ochsenfeld, JA Parkhill, R Peverati, VA Rassolov, Y Shao, LV Slipchenko, T Stauch, RP Steele, JE Subotnik, AJW Thom, A Tkatchenko, DG Truhlar, T Van Voorhis, TA Wesolowski, KB Whaley, HL Woodcock, PM Zimmerman, S Faraji, PMW Gill, M Head-Gordon, JM Herbert, AI Krylov
– The Journal of chemical physics
(2021)
155,
084801
(DOI: 10.1063/5.0055522)
A stochastic approach to unitary coupled cluster.
M-A Filip, AJW Thom
– The Journal of Chemical Physics
(2020)
153,
214106
(DOI: 10.1063/5.0026141)
Towards a Holomorphic Density Functional Theory
RA Zarotiadis, HGA Burton, AJW Thom
– Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
(2020)
16,
7400
(DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.0c00822)
Theory and implementation of a novel stochastic approach to coupled cluster.
CJC Scott, R Di Remigio, TD Crawford, AJW Thom
– The Journal of Chemical Physics
(2020)
153,
144117
(DOI: 10.1063/5.0026513)
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