Dr. Edward Brothers

VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR  

Office Number:
Office Phone: +974 423-0139
Fax Number: 4230060
Email     Homepage

INTEREST AREAS
Ed Brothers is a visiting assistant professor 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. 

EDUCATION

• Postdoctoral Fellowship, Rice University,  2004-Present
• Doctor of Philosphy, The Pennsylvania State University, 1997-2000
• Bachelor of Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1993

RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• "Enhanced enthalpies of formation from densitty functional theory through molecular reference states." E. N. Brothers and G. E. Scuseria, J. Phys. Chem. in press.
• "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).
• "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).
• "On Calculating the Enthalpy of Formation of a Polymer." E. N. Brothers, A. F. Izmaylov, and G. E. Scuseria, J. Phys. Chem. B, 111, 13869 (2007).
• "Linear-Scaling Calculation of Static and Dynamic Polarizabilities in Hartree-Fock and Density Functional Theory for Periodic Systems." A. F. Izmaylov, E. N. Brothers, and G. E. Scuseria. J. Chem. Phys. 125, 224105 (2006).