• 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

``Characterization of the Electronic States of the Phosphaethyne Cation (HCP+),'' B. Temelso, N. A. Richardson, L. Sari, Y. Yamaguchi, and H. F. Schaefer, J. Theor. Comp. Chem. 4, 707 (2005)

``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) (PDF Full Text)(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) (PDF Full Text)(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) (Abstract)(doi: 10.1021/jp036933+)