Presenter

Theresa L. Windus is currently a Professor of Chemistry at Iowa State University and an Associate with Ames Laboratory. She has previously worked in leadership positions at the Wright Patterson Air Force Base Major Shared Resource Center and the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Theresa develops new methods and algorithms for high performance computational chemistry as well as applying those techniques to both basic and applied research. Her current interests are rare earth and heavy element chemistry, extractant design, catalysis, aerosol formation, and photochemistry. Much of Theresa’s research interests involve large, collaborative efforts between scientists in multiple fields working together to solve difficult scientific challenges.

Theresa has a history of delivering community software and is involved in the development of the computational chemistry codes GAMESS and NWChem. She is currently on the Board of Directors for the National Science Foundation funded Molecular Sciences Software Institute and is the Deputy Director for the Department of Energy funded NWChemEx Exascale computing project. She has served on several editorial/advisory boards including the Journal of Physical Chemistry A/B/C, the Journal of Computational Science Education, and the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE), and she is a subject area editor for Parallel Computations. Theresa is actively involved in high performance computing leadership including membership in the DOE Future of Laboratory Computing Working Group, co-chair for the Technical Papers for Supercomputing 2010, and co-chair of the DOE Exascale Requirements Review for Basic Energy Sciences. Theresa has received multiple research and teaching awards including a Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer Award for her work with NWChem.