David Z. Goodson
Theoretical Chemical Physics
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth
285 Old Westport Road
North Dartmouth, MA 02747
Email: dgoodson@umassd.edu
Education
B.A. in Chemistry, Pomona College, 1980.
Ph.D. in Chemical Physics, Harvard University, 1987
(Research Advisor: Dudley Herschbach).
Professional Experience
Sir Charles Clore Postdoctoral Fellow, Weizmann Institute of Science, Dept. of Chemical Physics, 1987-88 (Supervisor: Eli Pollak).
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Oklahoma, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, 1989-90 (Supervisor: Deborah Watson).
Research Associate, Harvard University, Dept. of Chemistry, 1990-92.
Consultant, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Materials Science and Technology Division MST-7, 1992-93.
Visiting Scholar, Brown University, Dept. of Chemistry, 1992-93.
Assistant Professor, Southern Methodist University, Dept. of Chemistry, 1993-1999.
Visiting Scholar, Harvard University, Dept. of Chemistry, 1999, 2000.
Associate Professor, Southern Methodist University, Dept. of Chemistry, 1999-2001.
Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, Dept. of Chemistry, 2002-present.
Affiliations
American Physical Society
American Chemical Society
Sigma Xi
National Audubon Society
Other Interests
Classical guitar
Bird watching
Current Research Interests
Research Associates (current and former)
Ming-Zhu Zheng, Dr. Gang Liu, Dr. Derek Daniel, Andrew Boyd, Dr. Shi-Wei Huang, Wan-Ting Chiang, Dr. Andrei A. Suvernev, Dr. Mello Elout, Carl Elliston, Dustin Roelse, Dr. Alexei V. Sergeev, Dr. Joel M. Cohen
Recent Publications
D. Z. Goodson, "Extrapolating the Coupled-Cluster Sequence Toward the Full Configuration-Interaction Limit," Journal of Chemical Physics, in press.
D. Z. Goodson, "A Summation Procedure that Improves the Accuracy of Fourth-Order Moeller-Plesset Perturbation Theory," Journal of Chemical Physics 113, 6461-6464 (2000).
D. Z. Goodson, D. W. Roelse, W.-T. Chiang, S. M. Valone, and J. D. Doll, "A Simple Method for Calculating Quantum Effects on the Temperature Dependence of Bimolecular Reaction Rates: Application to H_2 + H --> H + H_2 and CH_4 + H --> CH_3 + H_2," Journal of the American Chemical Society 122, 9189-9195 (2000).
D. Z. Goodson, "Convergent Summation of Moeller-Plesset Perturbation Theory," Journal of Chemical Physics 112, 4901-4909 (2000).
D. Z. Goodson and A. V. Sergeev, "On the Use of Algebraic Approximants to Sum Divergent Series for Fermi Resonances in Vibrational Spectroscopy," Journal of Chemical Physics 110, 8205-8206 (1999).
S.-W. Huang, D. Z. Goodson, M. Lopez-Cabrera, and T. C. Germann, "Large-Order Dimensional Perturbation Theory for Diatomic Molecules within the Born-Oppenheimer Approximation," Physical Review A, 58, 250-257 (1998).
A. V. Sergeev and D. Z. Goodson, "Summation of Asymptotic Expansions of Multiple-Valued Functions Using Algebraic Approximants: Application to Anharmonic Oscillators," Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, 31 4301-4317 (1998).
M. O. Elout, D. Z. Goodson, C. D. Elliston, S.-W. Huang, A. V. Sergeev, and D. K. Watson, "Improving the Convergence and Estimating the Accuracy of Summation Approximants of 1/D Expansions for Coulombic Systems," Journal of Mathematical Physics 39, 5112-5122 (1998).
A. V. Sergeev and D. Z. Goodson, "Self-Consistent-Field Perturbation Theory of Molecular Vibrations," Molecular Physics, 93 477-484 (1998).
A. V. Sergeev and D. Z. Goodson, "Semiclassical Self-Consistent-Field Theory for the Hydrogen Atom in a Magnetic Field," International Journal of Quantum Chemistry 69, 183-192 (1998).
A. A. Suvernev and D. Z. Goodson, "Dimensional Perturbation Theory for Vibration-Rotation Spectra of Linear Triatomic Molecules," Journal of Chemical Physics 107, 4099-4111 (1997).
A. A. Suvernev and D. Z. Goodson, "Dimensional Perturbation Theory: An Efficient Method for Computing Vibration-Rotation Spectra," Chemical Physics Letters 269 177-182 (1997).
D. Z. Goodson, "Self-Consistent-Field Perturbation Theory for the Schroedinger Equation," Physical Review A 55 4155-4163 (1997).
A. A. Suvernev and D. Z. Goodson, " Perturbation Theory for Coupled Anharmonic Oscillators," Journal of Chemical Physics 106, 2681-2684 (1997).
J. M. Cohen and D. Z. Goodson, "Unified Approach to Molecular Structure and Molecular Vibrations," International Journal of Quantum Chemistry 59 445-456 (1996).
D. K. Watson and D. Z. Goodson, "Dimensional Perturbation Theory for Weakly Bound Systems," Physical Review A 51 R5-R8 (1995).
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