James Furness
Tulane University
Department of Physics and Engineering Physics
Stanley Thomas Building, Room 202
New Orleans, LA 70118
Email: james.w.furness.1@gmail.com
Web:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/James_Furness3
James Furness received his PhD from the University of Nottingham, England in 2016, for research into current-density-functional theory and the optimised effective potential whilst studying under Dr. Andy Teale. He is currently a postdoc researcher under Dr. Jianwei Sun looking at density-functional methods for strongly correlated systems.
Research interests
- functional design in density-functional theory
- current-density-functional theory for molecules in strong magnetic fields
- strongly correlated systems
- electronic structure theory
- molecular property visualisation
Honors & Awards
- ‘Kings Memorial Medal’ for outstanding project work in University of Nottingham Chemistry MSci degree
- ‘Dan Eley Prize’ for outstanding academic achievement and contribution to the activities of the physical chemistry section, School of Chemistry and University of Nottingham.
Most relevant publications
- Tellgren, E. I.; Teale, A. M.; Furness, J. W.; Lange, K. K.; Ekström, U.; Helgaker, T. Non-perturbative calculation of molecular magnetic properties within current-density functional theory, J. Chem. Phys. 2014, 140 (3), 034101–034112. (DOI: 10.1063/1.4861427)
- Furness, J. W.; Verbeke, J.; Tellgren, E. I.; Stopkowicz, S.; Ekström, U.; Helgaker, T.; Teale, A. M. Current Density Functional Theory Using Meta-Generalized Gradient Exchange-Correlation Functionals, J. Chem. Theory Comput. 2015, 11 (9), 4169–4181. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.5b00535)
- Furness, J. W.; Ekström, U.; Helgaker, T.; Teale, A. M. Electron localisation function in current-density- func- tional theory, Mol. Phys. 2016, 8976. (DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2015.1133859)
- Irons, T. J. P.; Furness, J. W.; Ryley, M. S.; Zemen, J.; Helgaker, T.; Teale A. M.; Connections between variation principles at the interface of wave-function and density-functional theories; Submitted to Journal of Chemical Physics