Prof. Dr. Ignacio Franco

Profile

Academic position	Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fields	Theoretical Chemistry: Electron Structure, Dynamics, Simulation
Keywords	Laser-induced dynamics, Single-molecule pulling, dynamic stark effect, electronic materials, nonequilibrium properties
Honours and awards	2025: Chair Gordon Research Conference on Quantum Control of Light and Matter 2023: Vice-chair Gordon Research Conference on Quantum Control of Light and Matter 2021: College Award for Undergraduate Teaching and Mentorship, U. Rochester, 2020: Leonard Mandel Faculty Fellow in Quantum Coherence, U. Rochester 2019: G. Graydon Curtis (’58) and Jane W. Curtis Award for Faculty Teaching Excellence, U. Rochester 2019: Lecturer, Telluride School on Theoretical Chemistry, 2017: ACS OpenEye Outstanding Junior Faculty Award in Computational Chemistry 2016: NSF CAREER Award 2012: Humboldt Research Fellowship 2006: Lachlan Gilchrist Fellowship in Fundamental Physics 2006: The F. E. Beamish Prize in Physical Chemistry 2001: Winner of the “2001-02 Otto de Greiff National Undergraduate Theses Contest”

Current contact address

Country	United States of America
City	Rochester
Institution	University of Rochester
Institute	Department of Chemistry
Homepage	http://sas.rochester.edu/chm/groups/franco/

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Matthias Scheffler	Abteilung Theorie, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship	01/02/2012

Programme(s)

2011	Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2013	Ignacio Franco, Angel Rubio and Paul Brumer: Long-lived oscillatory incoherent electron dynamics in molecules: trans-polyacetylene. In: New Journal of Physics, 2013, 043004
2013	Ignacio Franco and Heiko Appel: Reduced purities as measures of decoherence in many-electron systems. In: Journal of Chemical Physics, 2013, 094109