Munira Khalil

Professor Munira Khalil holds the Leon C. Johnson Professorship in Chemistry at the University of Washington. She specializes in physical chemistry, focusing on molecular photochemistry and energy transfer mechanisms. Her affiliations include the Khalil Research Group, supported by the Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, and others.

Education: B.A. in Chemistry and English from Colgate University (2004), Ph.D. in Chemistry from MIT (2004). Postdoctoral training included a Miller Research Fellowship at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Research interests center on coupled electronic, vibrational, and solvent dynamics in molecular systems. She has pioneered computational frameworks to model charge/energy transfer pathways in materials and molecules.

Notable awards include the Packard Fellowship, Sloan Fellowship, and Camille-Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award. Her lab's funding sources include the DOE, NSF, and private foundations like the Packard Foundation.