People

Principal Investigator

Prof. Xuhui Huang
Hirschfelder Chair in Theoretical Chemistry
Director, Theoretical Chemistry Institute
Department of Chemistry

Member, Biophysics Graduate Program

Affiliate, Data Science Institute (DSI)

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Email: xhuang AT chem DOT wisc DOT edu

Research Scientists & Postdocs

Siqin Cao
Ph.D in Physics, Fudan University
2013

Research Scientist

Chemistry Department
Dec 2021 –

Graduate Students

Eshani Goonetilleke
B.S. in Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Canada

Chemistry
Fall 2021-

Transferred from HKUST:
Spring 2021-Summer 2021

Michael O’Connor
B.S. in Biochemistry, Minor in Mathematics, Lafayette College

Barry M. Goldwater Scholar

Biophysics Program
Fall 2022-

Michael Kalin

B.S. in Biophysics, Iowa State University

Biophysics Program
Fall 2022-

Yue Wu
B.S. in Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)

Guo Moruo Scholarship

Chemistry
Fall 2022-

Zige Liu
B.S. in Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)

Chemistry
Fall 2022-

Yichong Lao
B.A. in Applied Bioscience, and B.S. in Physics (2nd major), Zhejiang University, China

Biophysics Program
Fall 2023-

Peter C. Swanson

B.S. in Chemistry, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of New England

Chemistry
Fall 2024-

Joint with Arun Yethiraj’s lab

Chengwei Dong

B.S. in Chemistry, minor in Computer Science and Technology, Peking University

Chemistry
Fall 2024-

Jingcheng Dai

B.S. in Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)

Chemistry
Spring 2026-

(with Micheline Soley, Fall 2022-)

Visiting Graduate Students

Amanda Ohler

Department of Chemistry

UW-Madison

Spring 2026-

Visiting from Andrew Buller’s Group

Undergraduate Research Students

Josephine Louise Duvall