• B. A. in Physics, Berea College
• Ph.D. in Chemistry, Georgia Tech

     Computation of Molecular Properties at the Ab Initio Limit

• Foresight Institute Distinguished Student in Nanotechnology Award, 2006
• 3rd place, Graduate Awards Symposium, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Tech, 2006
• Sanibel Symposium Poster Award, St. Simons Island, GA, 2005
• Cherry Emerson Fellow, Georgia Tech, 2002-2004
• Waldermar Noll Award in Physics, Berea College, 2001

     Developing and applying ab initio electronic structure methods

``Isotopic Ratios in Titan's Methane: Measurements and Modeling,'' C. A. Nixon, B. Temelso, S. Vinatier, N. A. Teanby, B. Bezard, R. K. Achterberg, K. E. Mandt, C. D. Sherrill, P. G. J. Irwin, D. E. Jennings, P. N. Romani, A. Coustenis, and F. M. Flasar, Astrophys. J. 749, 159 (2012) (doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/749/2/159)

``Ab Initio Thermochemistry of the Hydrogenation of Hydrocarbon Radicals Using Silicon-, Germanium-, Tin-, And Lead-Substituted Methane and Isobutane,'' B. Temelso, C. D. Sherrill, R. C. Merkle, and R. A. Freitas, J. Phys. Chem. A 110, 8677-8688 (2007) (doi: 10.1021/jp071797k)

``High-Level Ab Initio Studies of Hydrogen Abstraction From Prototype Hydrocarbon Systems,'' B. Temelso, C. D. Sherrill, R. C. Merkle, and R. A. Freitas, J. Phys. Chem. A 110, 11160-11173 (2006) (doi: 10.1021/jp061821e)

``Hybrid Correlation Models Based On Active-space Partitioning: Seeking Accurate O(N⁵) Ab Initio Methods for Bond Breaking,'' A. D. Bochevarov, B. Temelso, and C. D. Sherrill, J. Chem. Phys. 125, 054109 (2006) (doi: 10.1063/1.2222350)

``High Accuracy Ab Initio Studies of Li₆⁺, Li₆^-, and Three Isomers of Li₆,'' B. Temelso and C. D. Sherrill, J. Chem. Phys. 122, 064315 (2005) (doi: 10.1063/1.1846671)

``A Comparison of One-Particle Basis Set Completeness, Higher-Order Electron Correlation, Relativistic Effects, And Adiabatic Corrections for Spectroscopic Constants of BH, CH⁺, and NH,'' B. Temelso, E. F. Valeev, and C. D. Sherrill, J. Phys. Chem. A 108, 3068-3075 (2004) (doi: 10.1021/jp036933+)