Luke Nambi Mohanam

Biography

Dr. Mohanam is currently in the Fredin Research Group in the department of Chemistry at Lehigh University, currently studying the predicted electronic conductivity of organic semiconductor crystals. His research is in the topic of Density Functional Theory for electronic structure, in the area of insightful modeling of the electronic structure of molecules and materials. This track begun with undergraduate studies at the National University of Singapore with research through the academically focused University Scholar’s Programme, followed by an internship at A*STAR. Committing to the theoretical and computational chemistry graduate track at University of California, Irvine, Dr. Mohanam earned his doctorate with Prof. Filipp Furche, focusing on response calculations for excited state properties of molecules. Subsequently, Dr. Mohanam pivoted to the electrical and computer engineering department of Boston University to work with Prof. Sahar Sharifzadeh on modeling the electronic structure of bio-inspired materials as part of the Center for Complex and Active Materials.