Otto Fajen

  • Program Year: 2
  • Academic Institution: Stanford University
  • Field of Study: Computational Chemistry
  • Academic Advisor: Todd Martinez
  • Practicum(s): Practicum Not Yet Completed
  • Degree(s):
    B.S. Chemistry, University of Missouri, 2021

Publications

Rungthanaphatsophon, P., Fajen, O. J., Kelley, S. P., Walensky, J. R. Thorium(IV) and Uranium(IV) Phosphaazaallenes. Inorganics. 2019, 7, 105.

Fajen, O.J., Brorsen, K.R. Separation of electron-electron and electron-proton correlation in multicomponent orbital-optimized perturbation theory. J. Chem. Phys. 2020, 152, 194107.

Fajen, O.J., Brorsen, K.R. Multicomponent CASSCF revisited: Large active spaces are needed for qualitatively accurate protonic densities. J. Chem. Theory Comput. 2021, 17, 965.

Tarlton, M.L., Fajen, O.J., Kelley, S.P., Kerridge, A., Malcomson, T., Morrison, T.L., Shores, M.P., Xhani, X., Walensky, J.R. Systematic investigation of the molecular and electronic structure of thorium and uranium phosphorous and arsenic complexes. Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 10614.

Fajen, O.J., Brorsen, K.R. Multicomponent MP4 and the inclusion of triple excitations in multicomponent many-body methods. J. Chem. Phys. 2021, 155, 234108.

Fajen, O.J., Jeong, W.S., Gagliardi, L. Machine learning for automated selection of active spaces in multiconfigurational calculations. Presented virtually at the University of Minnesota Chemical Theory Center Summer Research Symposium, 08/12/2020.

Fajen, O.J., Brorsen, K.R. Separation of electron-electron and electron-proton correlation in multicomponent orbital-optimized perturbation theory. Presented virtually at the Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium at Rice University, 10/31/20. Awarded Outstanding Presentation in Theoretical Chemistry.

Fajen, O.J., Tarlton, M.L., Murray, M.J., Walensky, J.R. Synthesis of new ylides for their reactivity to form actinide-carbene complexes. Presented at the University of Missouri Summer Undergraduate Research Forum, 07/26/18.

Awards

National Merit Scholar, 2018
Summer Stephen's Fellow (University of Missouri Department of Chemistry), 2018
University of Missouri Honors College Discovery Fellow, 2018-20
University of Minnesota Chemical Theory Center Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, 2020
Goldwater Scholar, 2020