Mark Gordon

Mark Gordon is a Distinguished Professor at Iowa State University and affiliated with the Ames Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). His research focuses on developing highly parallel quantum chemistry methods and computational codes, particularly the GAMESS software, to study complex chemical phenomena such as protein-substrate interactions, heterogeneous catalysis, and deep eutectic solvents. His work integrates theoretical models for gas-phase and condensed-phase chemical processes, including solvent effects on electronic states and photochemical dynamics.

Research interests include computational chemistry software development for exascale computing architectures, explicit solvent methods, and excited-state chemistry. The Gordon Group collaborates on the Exascale Computing Project to achieve 10^18 operations per second in quantum chemistry simulations. They also develop visualization tools like MacMolPlot and batch job managers like GamessQ.

No scientific awards are explicitly listed in the provided texts. Advising and grants are not detailed here, though the group's involvement in DOE-funded Ames Laboratory projects suggests significant grant activity. The Quantum Theory Group operates under the Chemistry Department, advancing both methodological innovations and applied chemical studies.