I am a Research Associate in Chemistry at Northwestern University where I work primarily with Todd Gingrich. Before that I was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Massachusetts Boston working with Jason Green. I was also a visiting researcher at the Research Institute for Electronic Science, Molecular Life and Non-linear Sciences at Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, working with Tamiki Komatsuzaki’s group. I completed my PhD in Applied Mathematics at the University of Sheffield, advised by Prof. Eun-jin Kim. My undergraduate and Masters was in Physics at Clarkson University, where I worked with Lawrence Schulman.

Research Interests

I work in applied and computational mathematics. My most recent research interests are in developing and applying tensor networks to classical stochastic processes in Biology and Chemistry. Previously I worked in nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics, developing bounds on transient far from equilibrium processes both classical and quantum. At the University of Massachusetts Boston I also worked in theoretical and computational combustion Chemistry. We utilized ideas from information theory and stochastic processes to understand the transient and fleeting sequences of chemical species that come about during combustion reactions.

My google scholar can be found Here. I can be reached at schuyler dot nicholson at northwestern dot edu.