Ed Brothers
Associate Professor
chemical engineering
Texas A&M University at Qatar
Qatar
Biography
Ed Brothers completed his Postdoctoral Fellowship, Rice University, 2004-2008, Doctor of Philosphy, The Pennsylvania State University, 1997-2000, Bachelor of Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1993.
Research Interest
Ed Brothers is an associate professor and the Science Program Chair whose research interests center on developing a practical quantum chemistry. To this end his work is primarily developing new and fast methods in density functional theory, as well as applying methods like this to molecular reaction barriers and solid band gaps.
Publications
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"Analytically Calculated Polarizability of Carbon Nanotubes: Single Wall, Co-axial, and Bundled Systems" E. N. Brothers, A. F. Izmaylov, K. N. Kudin, and G. E. Scuseria, J. Phys. Chem. C, 112, 1396 (2008).
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"Accurate Kohn-Sham band gaps via screened hybrid functional." E. N. Brothers, A. F. Izmaylov, J. O. Normand, V. Barone, and G. E. Scuseria, J. Chem. Phys 129, 011102 (2008).
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"Enhanced enthalpies of formation from densitty functional theory through molecular reference states." E. N. Brothers and G. E. Scuseria, J. Phys. Chem. in press.
