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Gustavo E. Scuseria

Gustavo E. Scuseria

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Chemistry
USA
2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
140
Citations
154184
World Ranking
203
National Ranking
96

Physics

D-Index
143
Citations
154767
World Ranking
358
National Ranking
203

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2003 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 2002 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his original contributions to the development of fast and accurate electronic structure methods and their applications to fullerenes and other large systems
  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Gustavo E. Scuseria is affiliated with Rice University in the United States and has contributed significantly to research in several areas of chemistry and physics. Their work spans topics such as quantum many-body systems, advanced nuclear magnetic resonance techniques, physics of superconductivity and magnetism, and quantum computing algorithms and architecture.

Their research includes investigation of artificial intelligence applications within physical sciences, with particular focus on atomic and molecular physics, spectroscopy, and condensed matter physics. Historical and philosophical aspects of science have also been part of their scholarly contributions.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Scuseria include:

  • "Correlating AGP on a quantum computer," 2020, Quantum Science and Technology
  • "Geminal Replacement Models Based on AGP," 2020, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  • "Exploring non-linear correlators on AGP," 2021, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • "Coupled Cluster and Perturbation Theories Based on a Cluster Mean-Field Reference Applied to Strongly Correlated Spin Systems," 2022, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  • "AGP-based unitary coupled cluster theory for quantum computers," 2022, Quantum Science and Technology

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Scuseria include:

  • Cynthia J. Burrows
  • Shu Wang
  • Hyun Jae Kim
  • Gerald J. Meyer
  • Kirk S. Schanze

Scuseria has published in a variety of scientific venues, with repeated contributions in the following journals and platforms:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Quantum Science and Technology

Their work has been recognized by several scientific societies and organizations, receiving fellowships from:

  • American Chemical Society (2010)
  • John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2003)
  • American Physical Society (2002), with citation for contributions to electronic structure methods and applications to large systems such as fullerenes
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science (1999)

Best Publications

  • Hybrid functionals based on a screened Coulomb potential

    Jochen Heyd;Gustavo E. Scuseria;Matthias Ernzerhof

  • Restoring the Density-Gradient Expansion for Exchange in Solids and Surfaces

    John P. Perdew;Adrienn Ruzsinszky;Gábor I. Csonka;Oleg A. Vydrov

  • Crystalline Ropes of Metallic Carbon Nanotubes

    Andreas Thess;Roland Lee;Pavel Nikolaev;Hongjie Dai

  • Climbing the density functional ladder: nonempirical meta-generalized gradient approximation designed for molecules and solids.

    Jianmin Tao;John P. Perdew;Viktor N. Staroverov;Gustavo E. Scuseria

  • Erratum: “Hybrid functionals based on a screened Coulomb potential” [J. Chem. Phys. 118, 8207 (2003)]

    Jochen Heyd;Gustavo E. Scuseria;Matthias Ernzerhof

  • Influence of the exchange screening parameter on the performance of screened hybrid functionals.

    Aliaksandr V. Krukau;Oleg A. Vydrov;Artur F. Izmaylov;Gustavo E. Scuseria

  • An efficient implementation of time-dependent density-functional theory for the calculation of excitation energies of large molecules

    R. Eric Stratmann;Gustavo E. Scuseria;Michael J. Frisch

  • Assessment of the Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof exchange-correlation functional

    Matthias Ernzerhof;Gustavo E. Scuseria

  • Comparative assessment of a new nonempirical density functional: Molecules and hydrogen-bonded complexes

    Viktor N. Staroverov;Gustavo E. Scuseria;Jianmin Tao;John P. Perdew

  • Efficient hybrid density functional calculations in solids: assessment of the Heyd-Scuseria-Ernzerhof screened Coulomb hybrid functional.

    Jochen Heyd;Gustavo E. Scuseria

  • Energy band gaps and lattice parameters evaluated with the Heyd-Scuseria-Ernzerhof screened hybrid functional.

    Jochen Heyd;Juan E. Peralta;Gustavo E. Scuseria;Richard L. Martin

  • Assessment of a long-range corrected hybrid functional.

    Oleg A. Vydrov;Gustavo E. Scuseria

  • Electronic Structure and Stability of Semiconducting Graphene Nanoribbons

    Verónica Barone;Oded Hod;Gustavo E. Scuseria

  • An efficient reformulation of the closed‐shell coupled cluster single and double excitation (CCSD) equations

    Gustavo E. Scuseria;Curtis L. Janssen;Henry F. Schaefer

  • Is coupled cluster singles and doubles (CCSD) more computationally intensive than quadratic configuration interaction (QCISD)

    Gustavo E. Scuseria;Henry F. Schaefer

  • C 2 F , BN, and C nanoshell elasticity from ab initio computations

    Konstantin N. Kudin;Gustavo E. Scuseria;Boris I. Yakobson

  • Prescription for the design and selection of density functional approximations: more constraint satisfaction with fewer fits.

    John P. Perdew;Adrienn Ruzsinszky;Jianmin Tao;Viktor N. Staroverov

  • Importance of short-range versus long-range Hartree-Fock exchange for the performance of hybrid density functionals

    Oleg A. Vydrov;Jochen Heyd;Aliaksandr V. Krukau;Gustavo E. Scuseria

  • Assessment and validation of a screened Coulomb hybrid density functional.

    Jochen Heyd;Gustavo E. Scuseria

  • A novel form for the exchange-correlation energy functional

    Troy Van Voorhis;Gustavo E. Scuseria

  • Theory and applications of computational chemistry : the first forty years

    Clifford E. Dykstra;Gernot Frenking;Kwang S. Kim;Gustavo E. Scuseria

Frequent Co-Authors

Anne B. McCoy
Anne B. McCoy University of Washington
Paul S. Weiss
Paul S. Weiss University of California, Los Angeles
Shu Wang
Shu Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Gilbert C. Walker
Gilbert C. Walker University of Toronto
Stuart J. Rowan
Stuart J. Rowan University of Chicago
Prashant V. Kamat
Prashant V. Kamat University of Notre Dame
Marc A. Hillmyer
Marc A. Hillmyer University of Minnesota
Vincent M. Rotello
Vincent M. Rotello University of Massachusetts Amherst
Gregory D. Scholes
Gregory D. Scholes Princeton University

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