Sergei Tretiak

Sergei Tretiak is a Deputy Group Leader of Group T-1 in the Theoretical Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and a Technical Staff Member (Scientist 5) there since 2001. He also serves as a Staff Scientist at the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT) since 2005, and holds adjunct professorships at the University of California, Santa Barbara and Skolkovo Institute of Science & Technology (Russia) since 2015. His roles include co-organizing scientific workshops, such as the 2021 Telluride workshop on Nonequilibrium Phenomena.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Rochester (1999)
• M.S. in Chemistry, University of Rochester (1996)
• M.S. in Physics, Institute of Spectroscopy, Russia (1994)
• B.S. in Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (1992)

Research Interests: Focuses on theoretical chemical physics, exploring optical and chemical properties of organic/semiconductor materials, energy transfer in biological systems, photovoltaic technologies, computational methods (e.g., time-dependent DFT), nonlinear optics, and molecular dynamics. Integrates machine learning with quantum chemistry for material modeling. Studies nanomaterials like carbon nanotubes, perovskites, and semiconductor nanoparticles, alongside ultrafast spectroscopy.

Awards:

• Fellow Royal Society of Chemistry (2019)
• Laboratory Fellow at LANL (2018)
• APS Fellow (2014)
• Lanl Fellows Prize (2010)
• Slansky Fellow Award (2001)
• Multiple fellowships during graduate/postdoc years (e.g., Arnold Weissberger, Sherman Clarke)

Advising & Grants: Details on advising students or grants are not explicitly listed in the provided text.

Labs/Teams: Active in LANL’s Theoretical Division, CINT, and collaborates with international institutions like the University of Heidelberg and Skolkovo Institute.