We are very pleased to congratulate Chad Studvick on the publication of his new first-author paper in Inorganic Chemistry!
This work grew out of Chad’s 10-week summer 2025 research internship at Oak Ridge National Laboratory with Dr. Cristian Celis-Barros. During this short appointment, Chad completed a theory-driven study of the electronic structure and spectroscopy of f7 lanthanide and actinide complexes, including Gd(III), Tb(IV), Cm(III), and Bk(IV).
The study examines how electron–electron repulsion, spin–orbit coupling, ligand-field strength, oxidation state, and metal identity shape f–f excited states and covalency. During the internship, Chad also expanded his computational expertise through LFDFT, CASSCF, and NEVPT2 approaches.
Completing this project during a 10-week internship and subsequently leading the preparation of the manuscript is an excellent accomplishment.
Congratulations to Chad and Dr. Cristian Celis-Barros on this successful collaboration!
Read the paper in Inorganic Chemistry: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6c02332
