Regular biography
Lena Simine is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at McGill University. She holds a B.Sc. from the University of Toronto (2009) and a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto (2015). She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Rice University from 2015 to 2019. Her research focuses on theoretical chemistry and chemical physics, with an emphasis on developing computational methods for modeling molecular phenomena. She teaches courses such as CHEM 365. Statistical Thermodynamics and CHEM 593. Statistical Mechanics and Machine Learning for Chemistry. Her lab is located in PP 118A, and she can be contacted at Lena.Simine@McGill.CA.
Scholar-generated biography
Lena Simine is an Associate Professor at McGill University, specializing in condensed phase dynamics and charge and energy transport in molecules. Her research explores the behavior of electrons and energy in molecular systems, particularly in nanoscale junctions and biological materials. She investigates phenomena such as vibrational cooling, heat exchange, and quantum fluctuation theorems, using advanced computational and experimental techniques. Her work also includes the design of optoelectronic polymers and the study of amorphous materials, with applications in biosensors and molecular electronics. Simine's research bridges theoretical and experimental approaches to understand complex transport mechanisms in condensed matter systems.