Statistical Mechanics for Chemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics

Andrea Amadei is Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry at the Department of Chemical Sciences and Technology, University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Italy. In 1998, he received his PhD degree at the University of Groningen (NL) under the supervision of Prof. H.J.C. Berendsen. After a post-doctoral period at the University of Rome, La Sapienza, in 2000 he obtained a permanent position at the University of Rome, Tor Vergata. Andrea Amadei teaches theoretical chemistry for Chemistry master and PhD students, and his research activity is devoted to the theoretical-computational study of complex atomic-molecular systems (ranging from liquids and solutions to biological macromolecules). His research aims to rationalize and characterize both classical and quantum mechanical processes and involve the development of original theoretical models and computational methods.

Massimiliano Aschi is Full Professor of Chemistry at the Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, Italy. He received his Chemistry degree and Ph.D. degree in chemical sciences from the University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy, in 1992 and 1996, respectively. In 1997, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany. In 1998, he was with the Department of Chemistry, University of Perugia, Italy. From 1999 to 2001, he was with the Department of Chemistry, University of Rome La Sapienza.

Andrea Amadei and Massimiliano Aschi authored two chapters in books:

1) A. Amadei, M. Aschi, A. Di Nola. Statistical mechanical modeling of chemical reactions in condensed phase systems, in Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 6, Solvation Effects on Molecules and Biomolecules, Springer. 191-213 S. Canuto ed. Springer (2008). 2) A. Amadei, M. Aschi. Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Vibrational Spectroscopy in Comprehensive Computational Chemistry. Elsevier 821-834 (2024).