23103 Burcan
Spring, TX 77373

Highlights of Qualifications

• Expert in the Mathematics and Modeling of Random/Disordered Systems.
• 10+ years in using computers and advanced mathematics to solve serious, large-scale problems!
• 10+ years experience in Chemical/Physical/Biophysical modeling requiring advanced expertise in thermodynamics, kinetics, statistical mechanics, quantum mechanics, disordered systems, and soft condensed matter. Modeling has been a combination of computational methods, including Molecular Dynamics, Monte Carlo, and analytical techniques that require an extensive mathematical background in differential & integral equations, numerical and complex analysis, statistics, digital signal processing, and data mining.
• 10+ years Unix experience; 5+ years Unix system and network administration experience on a variety of platforms (Irix, Solaris, OSF, AIX, Linux, Mac OS X, and Open/FreeBSD) providing a multitude of services (Samba, NIS, NFS, DNS, Apache, Postfix/Sendmail, POP, IMAP, 802.3 and 802.11b networking, and general security). Currently a trustee and President of the Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
• 6+ years experience managing student researchers.
• 3 years involvement with the Houston Keck Center for Computational & Structural Biology.
• Well-versed in numerous programming languages. 10+ years experience in C, C++, and Fortran. 5+ years of experience in Python. Strong familiarity with HTML/CSS, Bash, Java, and Perl. Knowledge of PHP, Pascal, Basic, Cobol, Ruby, Windows MFC, and Palm programming.
• Well-honed communication skills. Excellent instructor (reviews available), technical writer, and presenter. Experience in writing grant proposals.
• Some experience with ultrafast laser spectroscopy, laser-induced fluorescence, cryo-electron microscopy, image (digital signal) processing, and data mining. Good theoretical knowledge of all types of spectroscopy.
• Tenacious and resourceful. If I do not know how to do something, I can quickly learn.

Education

• Ph.D. in Theoretical Physical Chemistry, Brown University, 1997
• B.S. in Chemistry (with honors), University of Missouri -- Columbia, 1991
• B.S. in Physics, University of Missouri -- Columbia, 1991

Experience

Senior Physicist, Halliburton, 2006 - present

• Modeling, characterizing, and developing neutron logging tools

Assistant Professor (Research), Univ. of TX Houston Medical School, 2004 - 2006

• Currently researching methods for three-dimensional reconstruction in high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy.
• Leading the effort to migrate our existing software from legacy fortran to an integrated combination of C++ and Python.
• Lead the effort to migrate from legacy SGI workstations to modern 64-bit Linux workstations.
• Promotion to Assistant Professor currently pending.

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Clemson University, 2001 to 2004

• Researched the mechanistic role of solvent motions in solution-phase reactions, I developed the first tractable method to isolate the specific microscopic solvent motions that govern the transmission coefficient in chemical reactions--a significant accomplishment because such solvent motions are invariably collective. Also initiated a collaborative research program to investigate the dynamics of electrons hydrated in polarizable water. Computational components of this research were (and still are) performed on a local network of inexpensive Athlon-based PCs running Linux that I set up and initially administered.
• Successfully led multi-departmental effort to restructure the Undergraduate Physical Chemistry sequence.
• Taught a new version of Physical Chemistry II that I developed to target the skills and needs of Chemical Engineers. Also taught Introduction to Physical Chemistry (primarily for Bioscience students) and graduate Chemical Thermodynamics, receiving above-average to excellent reviews.

Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Houston, 1999-2001

• Numerically solved structural integral equations for dissolved electrolytes near charged surfaces, determining the multi-body structure of electrolytes ranging from dilute 1-1 and 2-2 electrolytes in water to molten salts such as KCl. With integral equations we were able to obtain structures in an hour that would have taken weeks using Molecular Dynamics, making thermodynamic computations computationally feasible.
• Took over responsibility for system and network administration (and security) of our heterogeneous network of 15+ Irix, Linux (alpha and x86), AIX, and OpenBSD computers, including moving all of these machines behind a local firewall that I set up and configured.
• Taught first-semester Freshman Chemistry to 100 students, receiving good reviews, and advised graduate students in their research and in their development as scientists.

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California -- Davis, 1997-1999

• Computationally predicted a previously-unobserved, but ubiquitous, phenomenon of vibrational inhomogeneities in near-critical supercritical fluids. Decisively explained anomalous spectroscopic results occurring in supercritical fluids near the critical point in terms of clear and compelling physical pictures. This work is now the standard reference in the field. Wrote from scratch the necessary Molecular Dynamics computer simulations (all programs written in C/C++ and performed on DEC alphas running OSF), as well as developed the statistical-mechanical formalism required to analyze the novel physics occurring in these MD simulations.
• Mentored several graduate students in their research and in their development as scientists.

Graduate Researcher, Brown University, 1991-1997

• Developed a new mathematical formalism to give the Generalized Langevin Equation, as applied to solute dynamics, a rigorous, and clear, microscopic foundation, thereby solving a long-standing mystery in the field. Discovered that vibrational relaxation in dense fluids arises not from poorly-defined "binary collisions", but rather from collective dynamics that influence a single, important, nearby molecule. Mathematically, albeit approximately, solved the liquid-theoretic equations required to produce the distribution of Instantaneous Normal Modes in a liquid mixture. Wrote from scratch the necessary Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo computer simulations.
• Mentored numerous undergraduate students in their research.
• Exhibited leadership by serving as the Chemistry Department's representative to Brown's Graduate Student Council for four years, including serving on a University Dean-Search Committee.

Professional Affiliations

• American Chemical Society
• American Physical Society
• Sigma Xi Research Fraternity
• Alpha Chi Sigma Chemistry Fraternity
• Phi Lambda Upsilon Honorary Chemistry Fraternity
• Pi Mu Epsilon Honorary Mathematical Fraternity

Honors

• 1997 Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award for outstanding graduate research
• 1997 Potter Prize for a "doctoral thesis of outstanding merit"
• 1993 Elected to Sigma Xi as an associate member
• 1991 American Institute of Chemists Student Award in Chemistry
• 1991 Alpha Chi Sigma Outstanding Senior Research Award
• 1991 Dept. of Chemistry Special Achievement Award
• 1990 Elected to Pi Mu Epsilon, an honorary Mathematics fraternity
• 1990 Elected to Phi Lambda Upsilon, an honorary Chemistry fraternity

References

• Pawel Penczek, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas -- Houston Medical School, P.O. Box 20708, Houston, Texas, 77225, (713) 500-5416, Pawel.A.Penczek@uth.tmc.edu
• Richard M. Stratt, Dept. of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, (401) 863-3418, Richard_Stratt@brown.edu
• Susan C. Tucker Dept. of Chemistry, University of California -- Davis, Davis, CA 95616, (916) 752-2203, tucker@chem.ucdavis.edu
• Mark Maroncelli, Dept. of Chemistry, Penn State University, 152 Davey Lab, University Park, PA, 16802, (814) 865-0898, mxm11@psu.edu
• John E. Adams, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Missouri -- Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211 (573) 882-3245, AdamsJE@missouri.edu

Publications

1. "Can gridding-based interpolation regularize Cryo-EM interpolation errors?", G. Goodyear and P. Penczek, in preparation.

2. "EMAN2: A multi-purpose toolkit for Cryo-EM analysis", G. Goodyear, S. Ludtke, L. Peng, G. Tang, and P. Penzek, in preparation.

3. "Can instantaneous normal modes be used to analyze slow reaction dynamics?", G. Goodyear, in preparation.

4. "Electrolytes at Charged Interfaces: Ion-Ion-Interface Three-Body Correlation Functions", A. C. Eaton, G. Goodyear, A. D. J. Haymet, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2001, 3778-3785 (2001)

5. "Domain-Based Characterization of Density Inhomogeneities in Compressible Supercritical Fluids", G. Goodyear, M. W. Maddox, and S. C. Tucker, J. Phys. Chem. B 104, 6240-6247 (2000)

6. "Origins of Atom-Centered Local Density Enhancements in Compressible Supercritical Fluids", M. W. Maddox, G. Goodyear, and S. C. Tucker, J. Phys. Chem. B 104, 6248-6257 (2000).

7. "Correlation between Local and Long-Range Structure in Compressible Supercritical Lennard-Jones Fluids: State-Point Dependence", G. Goodyear, M. W. Maddox, and S. C. Tucker, J. Phys. Chem. B 104, 6258-6265 (2000).

8. "Effect of Critical Slowing Down on Local-Density Dynamics", M. W. Maddox, G. Goodyear, and S. C. Tucker, J. Phys. Chem. B 104, 6266-6270 (2000).

9. "The correlation between local and long-range structure in

   compressible supercritical fluids", G. Goodyear, M. W. Maddox, and S. C. Tucker, J. Chem. Phys. 112(23), 10327-10339 (2000).

10. "Glass-like behavior in supercritical fluids: The effect of critical slowing down on solute dynamics", G. Goodyear and S. C. Tucker, J. Chem. Phys. 111(21), 9673 (1999).

11. "What causes the vibrational lifetime plateau in supercritical fluids?", G. Goodyear and S. C. Tucker, J. Chem. Phys. (communication) 110, 3643 (1999).

12. "Solute reaction dynamics in the compressible regime", S. C. Tucker and G. Goodyear, Proceedings of the 1998 NATO ASI on Supercritical Fluids, Kemer, Turkey..

13. "The short-time intramolecular dynamics of solutes in liquids. II. Vibrational population relaxation", G. Goodyear and R. M. Stratt, J. Chem. Phys. 107, 3098 (1997).

14. "Instantaneous perspectives on solute relaxation in fluids: The common origins of nonpolar solvation dynamics and vibrational population relaxation", R. E. Larsen, E. F. David, G. Goodyear, and R. M. Stratt, J. Chem. Phys. 107, 524 (1997).

15. "The short-time intramolecular dynamics of solutes in liquids. I. An instantaeous-normal-mode theory for friction", G. Goodyear and R. M. Stratt, J. Chem. Phys. 105, 10050 (1996).

16. "Liquid theory for the instantaneous normal modes of a liquid. II. Solutions", R. E. Larsen, G. Goodyear, and R. M. Stratt, J. Chem. Phys. 104, 2987 (1996).

17. "Molecular origin of friction in liquids", G. Goodyear, R. E. Larsen, and R. M. Stratt, Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 243 (1996).

18. "What determines the spin states of polynuclear transition-metal complexes?", G. Goodyear and R. M. Stratt, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 115, 10452 (1993).

Presentations

• "EMAN2 as a platform for Cryo-EM image algorithm developers", G. Goodyear, P. Baldwin, & P. Penczek, NIH project meeting, Manchester, NH.
• "Mixed quantum/classical dynamics of a hydrated electron in polarizable TIP4P-FQ water", J. Aremu-Cole and G. Goodyear, Spring 2004 meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim.
• "Short-time dynamics of reaction kinetics", G. Goodyear, Spring 2003 meeting of the American Chemical Society, New Orleans.
• "Molten salts near a charged surface: Integral equation approximations", G. Goodyear, M. J. Booth, A. C. Eaton, A. D. J. Haymet, August 2000 meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington D.C.
• "How can critical slowing down affect solute dynamics?", G. Goodyear, M. W. Maddox, S. C. Tucker, August 2000 meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington D.C.
• "The instantaneous-normal-mode generalized Langevin equation -- A reaction dynamics panacea?", G. Goodyear, 1999 Instantaneous Normal Modes CECAM, Lyon, France.
• "Glass-like dynamics in a high-temperature (supercritical) fluid?!", G. Goodyear and S. C. Tucker, 1999, University of Nevada at Reno (invited talk: Physical Seminar).
• "Inhomogeneous spectroscopy in compressible supercritical fluids?", G. Goodyear and S. C. Tucker, 1999, UCLA (invited talk: Liquids Seminar).
• "Inhomogeneous vibrational dynamics in compressible supercritical fluids", G. Goodyear and S. C. Tucker, 1999 Centennial Meeting of the American Physical Society, Atlanta, Georgia.
• "Inhomogeneous solute dynamics in compressible supercritical fluids", G. Goodyear and S. C. Tucker, 1999, 5th Symposium on Molecular Reaction Dynamics in Condensed Matter, Newport Beach, California.
• "How does the long-range structure of a supercritical fluid influence vibrational relaxation?", G. Goodyear and S. C. Tucker, April 1998 Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Dallas, Texas.
• "The Short-Time Mechanism of Vibrational Friction in Liquids", G. Goodyear and R. M. Stratt, March 1997 Meeting of the American Physical Society, Kansas City, Missouri.
• "On the Molecular Origin of Friction in Liquids", G. Goodyear, R. E. Larsen, and R. M. Stratt, 1996 American Conference on Theoretical Chemistry, Park City, Utah.
• "Cluster Melting in Microscopic Brasses", G. Goodyear and J. E. Adams, April 1991 American Chemical Society Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.