Leonardo Bernasconi

Leonardo Bernasconi is a Research Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh, specializing in theoretical and computational chemistry. With expertise in electronic structure theory and ab initio molecular dynamics, they have developed various quantum-mechanical methods for electronic structure calculations. Their previous roles include postdoctoral research at the University of Cambridge and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and they served as a Principal Scientist at the STFC Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory. Leonardo holds a Laurea in Chemistry from Università degli Studi di Milano and a D.Phil. in Theoretical Chemistry from the University of Oxford.