…as a Scientist

Currently, I am a postdoc researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the Theoretical Division (T-1 Physics and Chemistry of Materials).

Prior to joining LANL, I worked in the lab of Dr. David Cantu at the University of Nevada, Reno located in the Biggest Little City in the World. My principle research was on simulating solution structures of lanthanide-ligand coordination complexes.

I completed my PhD under Dr. Nathan DeYonker at the University of Memphis located in my hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. While in the DeYonker lab, I worked on modeling enzyme-catalyzed reactions and using cheminformatic techniques to examine protein inter-residue interactions.

Curriculum Vitae (March 2024)
ORCiD: 0000-0002-4243-6078
GitHub: github.com/tsmmers1
Twitter: @tjs_summers

    Skills
  • Programming: Python, R, C++
  • QM Software: CP2K, Gaussian, ORCA, PSI4, Q-Chem
  • MM & MD Software: AMBER, GROMACS, MOE
  • EXAFS computation
  • Machine Learning
    Interests
  • Protein modeling
  • QM effects in enzyme catalysis
  • Lanthanide complex modeling
  • Molecular structure prediction
  • Chem/Bioinformatics
    Education
  • Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2021

    The University of Memphis

  • M.S. in Chemistry, 2017

    The University of Memphis

  • B.S. in Biochemistry, 2016

    Christian Brothers University

Memphis-Arkansas Bridge
Photo credit: Terrance Raper (tkr92) via Unsplash


…outside the Lab

Habitual Hiker

Pizza Chef Hobbyist

Former Big Brother

ASL Student

Amateur Pianist

Volunteer at FBNN