The chemistry department welcome Dr. Michael Crowley, an Principal Scientist in the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, join us as an adjoin professor of chemistry. A renowned computational chemist, Dr. Crowley is best recognized by his works in the development and implementation of novel molecular force fields and advanced algorithms for dynamics simulation. He is one of the principal developers of CHARMM and AMBER, the two most widely used software packages for molecular dynamics simulations. He also made significant contributions in using computational techniques to study the processes of biomass conversion as well as to design more efficient catalysts for biofuel production. Dr. Crowley has published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals. His research has been supported by DOE and NIH. Currently, he has five active grants, which together lead to $2.4M/year under his name. Dr. Crowley has served as a reviewer for scientific journals and a panel member for many funding agencies. For his outstanding performance, Dr. Crowley has received NREL Staff Award in 2010 and the NREL Presidents Award in 2012.
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