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Dr Thomas Cundari
Faculty
Regents Professor – Computational
PhD
CHEM 205B
UNT Faculty Profile Link
Research Group Website: https://chemistry.unt.edu/cundari-research-group
Dr. Cundari received his B.S. in 1986 from Pace University and his Ph.D. in 1990 from
the University of Florida. From 1990-1991 he was a postdoctoral fellow at North Dakota
State University. After 11 years at the University of Memphis, he joined the UNT faculty
in 2002. Dr. Cundari serves on the editorial board of the journal Polyhedron. Dr.
Cundari is Regents Professor of Chemistry and has published over 180 refereed papers,
and has given over 110 invited seminars.
Research Area:
- Inorganic
- Computational Chemistry
Research:
- Computational chemistry; inorganic chemistry; organometallic chemistry; computer-aided catalyst design; modeling of metal-containing enzymes and advanced materials; catalyst and biological informatics.
Development and application of high-accuracy methods for modeling of transition metals. Application of theory to the rational design of metal-based catalysts, sensors, optics and materials. Chemistry of the copper- and zinc-triads. Multiple bonding involving the transition metals and heavier main group elements.