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Curriculum Vitae:  Matthew J. Guberman-Pfeffer

2775 N. Roadrunner Pkwy., Las Cruces, NM, 88011 

(475) 225-6627, mjgp@nmsu.edu

Current Position

Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry at New Mexico State University 

Prior Appointments

2022-2025 Postdoctoral Fellow (Shaw Lab, Baylor University)

2024 Visiting Scholar (Matyushov Lab, Arizona State University)

2022-2023 Visiting Scholar (Smith Lab, Wesleyan University)

2021-2022 Ruth L. Kirschstein NIH Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University

(Directors: Dr. Nikhil S. Malvankar and Dr. Victor S. Batista)

2019-2021 Postdoctoral Associate at Yale University

(Directors: Dr. Nikhil S. Malvankar and Dr. Victor S. Batista)

2016-2019 NSF Graduate Research Fellow at University of Connecticut

 (Advisor: José A. Gascón)

2014   NextGenCT Scholar at University of Connecticut

  Advisor: José A. Gascón) 

Education

2024 Amber Free Energy Workshop (San Diego Supercomputing Center)

2023 Quantum & Mixed Quantum Classical Dynamics in Photochemistry (ZCAM)

2021            Schrödinger's Course, "Introduction to Molecular Modeling in Drug Discovery"

2014 – 2019        Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Connecticut (UConn)                                            

                             Thesis: Mechanisms of Porphyrinoid and Carotenoid Spectral Tuning

                                         Revealed with Quantum Chemistry

                          (Advisor: José A. Gascón)

2007 – 2014     Bachelor of Science, Chemistry, summa cum laude, Fairfield University 

Academic Honors

2019               Three Minute Thesis finalist, UConn

2018               Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, Department of Chemistry, UConn

2017               Bobbitt-Chu Summer Fellowship, Department of Chemistry, UConn

2016- 2019        National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship

2015               Lighthouse Guild Graduate Studies Scholarship

2014               Learning Ally Mary P. Oenslager Scholastic Award

2014               National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut Academic Scholarship

2010                  POLYED Undergraduate Award for Achievement in Organic Chemistry

                     from the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Polymer

                     Chemistry and Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering

Method Development

BioDC (Version 2.1) A Python program that automates and accelerates the computation of redox potentials, cooperatives, and conductivities in (polymeric) multi-heme cytochromes. (See Original Software Tab)

Publications

 (See Publications Tab)

Presentations

 (See Presentations Tab)

Teaching and Mentoring Experience

Summer 2016       Guided the research of a NSF Research Experience for Undergraduate student

Summer 2015       Guided the research of a student in the ACS Summer Research

                                 Internship Program for Economically Disadvantaged High School

                                 Students (SEED)

Fall & Spring 2015 Teaching assistant, General Chemistry, UConn

Spring 2014 Distance learning instructor, Skype a Scientist, Fairfield University 

Outreach

1. Selected for inclusion to PhysicsSongs.org by Walter Smith, Associate Professor of Physics, at Haverford University for my song “Newton Rap” (2007)

Technical Skills

Program Languages: Perl, Python, TCL, BASH

Operating systems:  Mac OS X, Linux/Unix, Windows

Chemistry Software: AMBER, Gaussian, VMD, NAMD, ADF, QChem, Jaguar, Qsite, Glide, Tinker, GIMIC, MultiWFN, DynEMol, GROMACS, PyMol

Affiliations

2016 – present  American Chemical Society

2014 – present  Member of Phi Beta Kappa

2014 – present  Member of Sigma Xi

2014 – present  Member of Alpha Sigma Lambda

2010 – 2011    Intercollegiate Studies Institute fellow as part of the Honors Program

References

Name Description E-mail

Bryan F. Shaw  Postdoctoral Mentor Bryan_Shaw@baylor.edu

José A. Gascón Ph. D. Advisor jose.gascon@uconn.edu

Mark W. Peczuh Unofficial Mentor mark.peczuh@uconn.edu

Christian Brückner Experimental Collaborator c.bruckner@uconn.edu

Ross Anderson Experimental Collaborator Ross.Anderson@bristol.ac.uk

Derek Lovely Collaborator dlovely@umass.edu

Remy F. Lalisse Mentee lalisse.1@tamu.edu