Professor Martin J. Paterson

Research interests

Theoretical and Computational Chemistry The interaction of light and matter gives rise to many fascinating phenomena. Some of these are very poorly understood at present but are exceedingly important in a wide variety of fields across chemistry, physics, biochemistry, new materials, and medicine. Our research is based on theoretical and computational investigations of electronically excited states, including both spectroscopy and photochemistry, from high accuracy studies of small molecules, to supramolecular sensors, and photoactive molecules of biological importance. Such research is vital to understand these processes at the molecular level. 

Other keywords

• Absorption
• Chemistry
• Configuration Interaction
• Density Functional Theory
• Dynamics
• Excited State
• INIS
• Molecules