BS Duke University,  1992
PhD University of Georgia, 1996
Postdoctoral Associate University of Texas, 1996-2000

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, 2000-2005
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, 2005-2009
Professor of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, 2009-present

Honors and Awards:
Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award, 2000
Research Corporation Research Innovation Award, 2001
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2002
Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar Award, 2003
Wiley-International Journal of Quantum Chemistry Young Investigator Award, 2004
Nominee, SCHEV Rising Star Outstanding Faculty Award, 2005
E. Gary Cook Faculty Teaching Award, 2005
Virginia Tech Certificate of Teaching Excellence, 2007
John C. Schug Faculty Research Award, 2008
Dirac Medal of the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists, 2010
Virginia Tech Alumni Award for Research Excellence, 2012
Jimmy Viers Teaching Award, 2012

Our research group focuses on the development of state-of-the-art quantum chemical models, particularly many-body methods such as perturbation theory and coupled cluster theory. We are among the principal developers of the PSI3 suite of quantum chemical programs. Some of our current projects include:

 

 Methods for computing chiroptical properties, such as optical rotation angles and circular dichroism spectra.

 Reduced-scaling approaches for excited states and response properties of large molecules.

 Photochemical reactions of radical species.

 Efficient implementations of quantum chemical models on modern high-performance computing hardware.

1. "Ab Initio Calculation of Molecular Chiroptical Properties," T.D. Crawford, Theor. Chem. Acc. 115, 227-245 (2006). (doi:10.1007/s00214-005-0001-4)

2. "A Coupled Cluster Benchmark Study of the Electronic Spectrum of the Allyl Radical," T.J. Mach, R.A. King, and T.D. Crawford, J. Phys. Chem. A 114, 8852-8857 (2010). (K. Ruedenberg special issue, doi:10.1021/jp102292x)

3. "A Benchmark Student of the Vertical Electronic Spectra of the Linear Chain Radicals C2H and C4H," R.C. Fortenberry, R.A. King, J.F. Stanton, and T.D. Crawford,J. Chem. Phys. 132, 144303 (2010). (doi:10.1063/1.3376073)

4. "The Current State of Ab Initio Calculations of Optical Rotation and Circular Dichroism Spectra," T.D. Crawford, M. C. Tam, and M. L. Abrams, J. Phys. Chem. A111, 12057-12068 (2007). (Feature article) (doi:10.1021/jp075046u)

5. "An Introduction to Coupled Cluster Theory for Computational Chemists," T.D. Crawford and H.F. Schaefer, Rev. Comp. Chem. 14, 33-136 (2000). (doi:10.1002/9780470125915.ch2)