Sasha North

Sasha's research interests in chemistry/chemical physics have been fundamentally concerned with the use of traditional ab initio computational quantum methods, particularly applied to electronic structure problems. In the Wilson research group, she is working on relativistic calculations involving the lanthanide and actinide series of elements, and method development pertaining to these species. Recently, she completed a postdoctoral position working with Dr. Tom Cundari at UNT, where she provided computational insight from DFT on CH bond activation via a copper arylnitrene intermediate, in collaboration with Dr. Betley and Dr. Carsch at Harvard. Sasha received her PhD in 2016 from Michigan State University, where she worked in the research group of Dr. Kathy Hunt. Specifically, she performed calculations on the O₂ -O₂ collisional complex, which is important for obtaining a complete absorption profile for chemical species in the Earth's atmosphere.