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Theresa Windus is a Distinguished Professor and Department Chair at Iowa State University's Department of Chemistry. She leads the Windus Group, which develops computational models to solve environmental and energy challenges, with research focusing on high-performance computing, software interoperability, heavy metal systems, and quantum chemistry methods. Her group specializes in massively parallel algorithms for state-of-the-art computational resources.
Her research spans multiple disciplines including:
- Scalable ab initio Monte Carlo methods
- GPU implementations of quantum integrals
- Exascale computing development (NWChemEx project)
- Rare earth element extraction
- Aerosol nucleation modeling
Her recent publications explore computational chemistry software sustainability, GPU-accelerated quantum chemistry, nanopore modeling, and rare earth element extraction. She has mentored numerous graduate students including Alex, Erin, Daniel Turley, and Zach who received prestigious scholarships.
