{"id":8577,"date":"2023-11-14T19:28:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T03:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/chemistry\/?page_id=8577"},"modified":"2025-06-02T09:57:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T16:57:06","slug":"faculty-theoretical","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/chemistry\/faculty-theoretical\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty (Theoretical)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n        \n          \n          \n          \n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--editorial-cards \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--editorial-cards\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          <p style=\"margin-top: -50px;\"><\/p>\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <div style=\"width: 100%; text-align: right; margin-bottom: 50px;\">\n<form><select style=\"margin: 0px; width: 200px; padding: 5px 5px 5px 5px; font-size: 16px; border: 1px solid #CCC; height: 34px;\" name=\"Filter by Research Area\" onchange=\"location = this.value;\"><option value=\"\/chemistry\/faculty\">All<\/option><option value=\"\/chemistry\/faculty-chemical-biology\">Chemical Biology<\/option><option value=\"\/chemistry\/faculty-inorganic\">Inorganic<\/option><option value=\"\/chemistry\/faculty-organic\">Organic<\/option><option value=\"\/chemistry\/faculty-physical\">Physical<\/option><option value=\"\/chemistry\/faculty-theoretical\" selected>Theoretical<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"cards-container\">\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"\/chemistry\/faculty-new\/anna-i-krylov\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Anna Krylov\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2023\/11\/FG3_usc-chemistry-anna-krylov.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Anna Krylov\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"\/chemistry\/faculty-new\/anna-i-krylov\/\" >\n                  \n                    Anna Krylov\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Professor of Chemistry<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 100%; vertical-align: top;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #990000; text-align: center; padding: 5px 10px 5px 10px; margin-top: -5px; margin-bottom: 10px; display: inline-block;\">\n<p style=\"color: #fff;\"><strong>Chemical\u00a0Biology<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #fc0; text-align: center; padding: 5px 10px 5px 10px; margin-top: -5px; margin-bottom: 10px; display: inline-block;\">\n<p><strong>Physical<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #777777; text-align: center; padding: 5px 10px 5px 10px; margin-top: -5px; margin-bottom: 10px; display: inline-block;\">\n<p style=\"color: #fff;\"><strong>Theoretical<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Krylov group develops theoretical methods and state-of-the-art computer codes for treating electronically excited and open-shell species. We apply these tools to study bioimaging, plasma, solar energy, quantum information science, and spectroscopy modeling, often in collaboration with experimentalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"\/chemistry\/faculty-new\/daniel-a-lidar\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Daniel A. Lidar\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2023\/11\/FG3_usc-chemistry-daniel-lidar.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"\/chemistry\/faculty-new\/daniel-a-lidar\/\" >\n                  \n                    Daniel A. Lidar\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Viterbi Professorship in Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Chemistry, and Physics and Astronomy<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 100%; vertical-align: top;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #fc0; text-align: center; padding: 5px 10px 5px 10px; margin-top: -5px; margin-bottom: 10px; display: inline-block;\">\n<p><strong>Physical<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #777777; text-align: center; padding: 5px 10px 5px 10px; margin-top: -5px; margin-bottom: 10px; display: inline-block;\">\n<p style=\"color: #fff;\"><strong>Theoretical<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>We are interested in fundamental and applied questions in quantum information science. Our group explores topics including adiabatic quantum computation and quantum annealing, theory and control of open quantum systems, quantum error correction, quantum algorithms, and physical implementations of quantum computers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"\/chemistry\/faculty-new\/chi-h-mak\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Chi H. Mak\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2023\/11\/FG3_usc-chemistry-chi-mak.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"\/chemistry\/faculty-new\/chi-h-mak\/\" >\n                  \n                    Chi H. Mak\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Professor of Chemistry<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 100%; vertical-align: top;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #990000; text-align: center; padding: 5px 10px 5px 10px; margin-top: -5px; margin-bottom: 10px; display: inline-block;\">\n<p style=\"color: #fff;\"><strong>Chemical\u00a0Biology<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #fc0; text-align: center; padding: 5px 10px 5px 10px; margin-top: -5px; margin-bottom: 10px; display: inline-block;\">\n<p><strong>Physical<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #777777; text-align: center; padding: 5px 10px 5px 10px; margin-top: -5px; margin-bottom: 10px; display: inline-block;\">\n<p style=\"color: #fff;\"><strong>Theoretical<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Our group is focused on formulating rigorous theories and efficient computational strategies to understand the fundamental driving forces that dictate how nucleic acids fold and unfold, and the aberrant functions that result when they misfold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"\/chemistry\/faculty-new\/arieh-warshel\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Arieh Warshel\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2023\/11\/FG3_usc-chemistry-arieh-warshel.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"\/chemistry\/faculty-new\/arieh-warshel\/\" >\n                  \n                    Arieh Warshel\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Distinguished Professor of Chemistry &#8211; Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences &#8211; Nobel Laureate in Chemistry<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 100%; vertical-align: top;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #990000; text-align: center; padding: 5px 10px 5px 10px; margin-top: -5px; margin-bottom: 10px; display: inline-block;\">\n<p style=\"color: #fff;\"><strong>Chemical\u00a0Biology<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #fc0; text-align: center; padding: 5px 10px 5px 10px; margin-top: -5px; margin-bottom: 10px; display: inline-block;\">\n<p><strong>Physical<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #777777; text-align: center; padding: 5px 10px 5px 10px; margin-top: -5px; margin-bottom: 10px; display: inline-block;\">\n<p style=\"color: #fff;\"><strong>Theoretical<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>We develop and use advance computer simulations to elucidate the functions of key biological molecules, with an overarching goal to help alleviate human suffering. Our methods help to elucidate how chemical reactions are catalyzed by enzyme and to progress in enzyme design. We also use our simulations to study the action of very large biological molecules, including molecular motors, ion channels and systems that control signal transduction in the cell. 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