Affiliate Professor Contact Information thdjr@uw.edu 206-616-9976 BAG 461 Accepting new graduate students Fields of Interest Physical Chemistry Theory and ComputationElectronic structure of molecules structures and energetics of molecules mechanisms and energetics of chemical reactions first row anomaly Biography Ph.D., Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, 1970 B.S., Chemistry, Missouri University of Science & Technology, 1965 Research Selected Research Xu, L. T.; Cooper, D. L.; Dunning, T. H., Jr. Resolving a Puzzling Anomaly in the Spin-Coupled Generalized Valence Bond Description of Benzene. J. Comput. Chem. 2020, 41, 1421-1426. Xu, L. T.; Dunning, T. H., Jr. Orbital Hybridization in Modern Valence Bond Wave Functions: Methane, Ethylene, and Acetylene. J. Phys. Chem. A 2020, 124, 204-214. Xu, L. T.; Dunning, T. H., Jr. The Nature of the Chemical Bond and the Role of non-Dynamical and Dynamical Correlation in Be2. J. Chem. Phys. 2020, 152, 214111. Xu, L. T.; Thompson, J. V. K.; Dunning, T. H., Jr. Spin-Coupled Generalized Valence Bond Description of the Group 14 Species: The Carbon, Silicon and Germanium Hydrides, XHn (n = 1–4). J. Phys. Chem. A 2019, 123, 2401-2419. Dunning, T. H., Jr.; Woon, D. E.; Xu, L. T.; Takeshita, T. Y.; Lindquist, B. A.; Leiding, J. Recoupled Pair Bonding: Unifying the Theory of Valence for the Main Group Elements. Ann. Rep. Comput. Chem. 2016, 12, 1-33. Dunning, T. H., Jr.; Xu, L. T.; Takeshita, T. Y.; Lindquist, B. A. Insights into the Electronic Structure of Molecules from Generalized Valence Bond Theory. J. Phys. Chem. A 2016, 120, 1763-1778. Dunning, T. H., Jr.; Woon, D. E.; Leiding, J.; Chen, L. The First Row Anomaly and Recoupled Pair Bonding in the Halides of the Late p-Block Elements. Acc. Chem. Res. 2013, 46, 359-368. Resources & Related Links Northwest Institute for Advanced Computing Affiliations Home Department Chemistry