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Curriculum Vitae: Matthew J. Guberman-Pfeffer
One Bear Place, Waco, Texas, 76798
(475) 225-6627, matthew_Guberman-Pfe@baylor.edu
Current Position
Postdoctoral associate at Baylor University with Dr. Bryan Shaw and visiting research fellow with Dr. Colin Smith at Wesleyan University.
Prior Appointments
2024 Visiting Scholar (Matyushov Lab, Arizona State 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