About
Dr. Wallace Derricotte is an assistant professor of chemistry at Morehouse and principal investigator of the Derricotte Research Group for Computational Quantum Chemistry.
Derricotte graduated from Morehouse College with a B.S. in chemistry and earned a Ph.D. in computational chemistry from Emory University. During his doctorate work, Derricotte received the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship award. His research group published work in international scientific journals, including The Journal of Physical Chemistry and The International Journal of Quantum Chemistry. His group received grant funding from NSF and the IBM-HBCU Quantum Center. Additionally, Derricotte has an educational YouTube channel called “Professor Derricotte” that provides more than 100 free chemistry lecture videos to thousands of students in 18 different countries.
Office Location & Hours
Charles Merrill Hall, Room 343
Monday, Friday
1-3 p.m.
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Education
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Emory University
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Morehouse College
Credentials
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Morehouse College
Research Interests
- Theoretical Chemistry
- Electronic Structure Theory
- Quantum Computing
- Chemical Reaction Kinetics
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Publications & Presentations
Publications
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2020
Intramolecular Proton Transfer in the Isomerization of Hydroxyacetone: Characterization Based onReaction Force Analysis and the Bond Fragility Spectrum
International Journal of Quantum Chemistry
Huiet V. Joseph and Wallace D. Derricotte -
2019
Symmetry-Adapted Perturbation Theory Decomposition of the Reaction Force: Insights into Substituent Effects In-volved in Hemiacetal Formation Mechanisms
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
Wallace D. Derricotte -
2017
Localized Intrinsic Valence Virtual Orbitals for the Automated Classification of Core-ExcitedStates
The Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
Wallace D. Derricotte and Francesco A. Evangelista
Organizations
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Molecular Education and Research Consortium in Undergraduate Computational Chemistry (MERCURY)
Executive Committee Member | 2019
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American Chemical Society
Member | 2014
