Joe Cooper

Joe is a postdoc, interested primarily in the simulation of molecular dynamics, and the calculation of experimental variables from these simulations. He uses multi-reference electronic structure theory coupled to semi-classical dynamics methods to simulate the molecule after photoexcitation, and then a variety of methods to calculate the experimental observables.

Joe was born and bred in London, and then graduated with a Master's in Chemistry from Durham University in the beautiful north-east of England. When not watching Arsenal or attending quizzes, he completed a Master's project with Basile Curchod (now Uni. of Bristol) on excited-state dynamics of pyrone and coumarin. In September 2020 he started a PhD with Adam in Edinburgh. After two years north of Hadrian's wall, he moved south to Oxford to continue as a DPhil student, completing late 2024. He then joined for a one-year postdoc.