Shih-I Chu

Watkins Distinguished Professor

sichu@ku.edu

Department of Chemistry
2010 Malott Hall
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045

Telephone: 785-864-4094
Fax: 785-864-5396

Academic Department

Chemistry

Research Specialty

Theoretical and computational chemistry and physics, quantum chemistry, atomic and molecular physics in intense laser fields, generalized Floquet theory, time- dependent density functional theory, quantum chaos and fractals, many-body resonances, coherent control of dynamical processes, scattering theory, molecular astrophysics, attosecond science and technology, quantum computing, etc.

Awards

• J. Willard Gibbs Fellow (1976-78), Yale University.
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow (1980-84).
• John Simon Guggenheim Fellow (1987-88).

Professional Memberships

• Fellow, American Physical Society
• Member, American Chemical Society

Degrees

• B.S. (honors) (1965) and M.S. (1968) in Physical Chemistry, National Taiwan University.
• D.Sc. (1971) in Theoretical Physics, National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan.
• Ph.D. (1974) in Chemical Physics, Harvard University.

For More Information

Shih-I Chu's page at the Chemistry Department's web site

Why Study at the University of Kansas?

The research program in Professor Chu’s group involves the development of both new theoretical formalisms and accurate and efficient large-scale computational methods for pioneering and in-depth investigation of a broad range of frontier research topics of current significance in science and technology.