Angelo Bongiorno Assistant Professor Office: MS&E 2100 H Phone: 404-385-5169 Fax: 404-894-7452 Research Group Page E-mail Angelo Bongiorno

B.S., University of Milan, Italy; M.S., University of Milan, Italy; Ph.D., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland; Postdoctoral Associate, Georgia Institute of Technology.

Research Interests

Dr. Bongiorno's group exploits state-of-the-art high-performance computing technologies to address complex phenomena involving multiple length and time scales. Computational studies are based on first-principles, force-field, lattice model, and hybrid schemes. Current research areas of interest include "Chemical reactions at surfaces and interfaces", "DNA chemistry", and "Phase and mechanical behavior of soft-matter systems". For more information, please see http://web.chemistry.gatech.edu/~ab338/WebPage_Chemistry/Home.html.

Representative Publications

"Energy Landscape of an Electron Hole in Hydrated DNA", A. Bongiorno, J. Phys. Chem. B, in press.

"Steric Effects on Water Accessibility Control Sequence-Selectivity of Radical Cation Reactions in DNA", C.L. Cleveland, R.N. Barnett, A. Bongiorno, J. Joseph, C. Liu, G.B. Schuster, and U. Landman, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129, 8408 (2007).

"Oxidative Damage to DNA: Counterion-Assisted Addition of Water to Ionized DNA", R.N. Barnett, A. Bongiorno, C.L. Cleveland, A. Joy, U. Landman, and G.B. Schuster, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 10795 (2006).

"A Perspective on Modeling Materials in Extreme Conditions: Ultra-High Temperature Oxidation of Ceramics", A. Bongiorno, C. Foerst, R. Kalia, J. Li, J. Marschall, A. Nakano, M. Opeka, I. Talmy, P. Vashishta, and S. Yip, MRS Bulletin 31, 410 (2006).

"Water-Enhanced Catalysis of CO Oxidation on Free and Supported Gold Nanoclusters", A. Bongiorno and U. Landman, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 106102 (2005).

"Reaction of the Oxygen Molecule at the Si(100)-SiO_2 Interface during Silicon Oxidation", A. Bongiorno and A. Pasquarello, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 86102 (2004).

"Transition Structure at the Si(100)-SiO_2 Interface", A. Bongiorno, A. Pasquarello, Mark S. Hybertsen and L. C. Feldman, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 186101 (2003).

"Oxygen Diffusion Through the Disordered Oxide Network During Silicon Oxidation", A. Bongiorno and A. Pasquarello, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 125901 (2002).