Christopher Fennell

I am a researcher and educator with a specialization in computational chemistry, specifically molecular modeling of condensed phase systems. I am currently an Associate Professor and the Interim Department Chair of Chemistry at Oklahoma State University, the Director of Science for the National Science Foundation funded OAK region high-performance computing initiative, and a member of the NSF ACCESS resource allocation committee.

Research Interests:

Research directions in the Fennell lab span molecular force field development, solvation and transfer free energy method development, molecular mechanics calculations of biomolecular diffusion and polymer interfaces, and quantum mechanical calculations of molecular clusters, itemization of intermolecular interactions, and excited state systems. The specific research projects have been and are currently funded under grants from both the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes for Health.