Welcome to The Momeni Research Group!
The Momeni Group is a multifaceted research team interested in developing novel quantum dynamics methodologies, parallel software, and AI/ML-driven materials design and discovery to address the most challenging problems related to renewable energy generation and energy storage. We study the dynamics and spectroscopy of systems ranging from molecules to materials and different interfaces, including organic molecular crystals, inorganic, and hybrid organic-inorganic materials.
Mohammad R. Momeni
Assistant Professor
School of Science & Engineering
University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC)
mmomenitaheri@umkc.edu
Mohammad obtained his Ph.D. in Theoretical Chemistry from the University of Alberta. Later, he held three Postdoctoral Appointments at the University of Minnesota, UC San Diego, and the New Jersey Institute of Technology, where he studied the structure and dynamics of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), guest molecules adsorptions, heterogeneous catalysis, and vibrational spectroscopy. He is currently an Assistant Professor at UMKC and his research interests are interdisciplinary, encompassing Theoretical Chemistry, Materials Science, and Computational Spectroscopy.
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Nathan London
Postdoctoral Researcher
nlondon@umkc.edu
Nathan obtained his BSE in Materials Science & Engineering from Arizona State University in 2017 and MS and PhD degrees in Theoretical Chemistry from Cornell University (Ananth Group) in 2023. Dr. London joined the Momeni Research Group in 2023 and has been actively developing new path integral methods & molecular dynamics software packages including our very own general-purpose highly parallelized software DL_POLY Quantum versions 2.0 and 2.1.
Suchona Akter
3rd Year PhD Student (Chemistry)
sad8b@umkc.edu
Suchona obtained her BS and MS degrees in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Jahangirnagar University in 2017 and 2018 and joined UMKC as a PhD student in 2023. She is currently developing new theoretical tools and ML models for design and discovery of next generation materials for energy storage applications.
Quadri Olakunle Adewuyi
2nd Year PhD Student (Physics)
qoa6kb@umkc.edu
Quadri obtained his BS and MS degrees in Theoretical Physics from the University of Ibadan in 2018 and 2021 and joined UMKC as a PhD student in 2024. He currently develops new MLIPs for large-scale biased ML-MD simulations of ion conductivity and electrocatalysis in aqueous condensed phase and interface environments.
Md Omar Faruque3rd Year PhD Student (Chemistry)
faruquem@umkc.edu
Omar obtained his BS and MS degrees in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Jahangirnagar University in 2017 and 2018 and joined the Momeni Research Group as a PhD student in 2023. He currently develops new path integral methods for quantum dynamics and spectroscopy of many-body condensed phase and interface systems. Omar also develops new machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) with long-range charge transfer effects and implements them in our DL_POLY Quantum software.
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