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Undergraduate Researcher<\/h2>\nUndergraduate Researcher<\/h2>\nDepartment of Chemistry<\/strong> Discovery Hall W319 <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n B.Sc.<\/strong> Chemistry<\/strong>, University of Vermont, May 2020<\/p>\n Luke Burgess, a native of Galway, New York, is currently a junior in the Department of Chemistry. Luke decided to come to Vermont after being forced to visit, and ended up falling in love with UVM entirely. Luke chose chemistry after falling in love with all of the amazing concepts that arise using simple charged particles during his junior year in high school. He loves how chemistry can be applied across disciplines and enjoys learning about these important concepts. <\/p>\n Luke chose to work in the Ruggiero group because of the focus of the research on understanding the fundamental nature of atomic-level interactions, and is currently working on using a combination of density functional theory simulations and experimental terahertz spectroscopy to probe the critical forces within solids that drive their molecular dynamics. Luke plans on continuing his education after finishing his degree, and hopes to pursue a graduate degree in chemistry. <\/p>\n Luke’s previous achievements include being an Eagle Scout, and in his free time he enjoys hiking, biking, and snowboarding. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Undergraduate Researcher Department of Chemistry University of Vermont Discovery Hall W319 82 University Place Burlington, Vermont 05405 Education B.Sc. Chemistry, University of Vermont, May 2020 Background and Research Interests Luke Burgess, a native of Galway, New York, is currently a junior in the Department of Chemistry. Luke decided to come to Vermont […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":578,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/thz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/thz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/thz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/thz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/thz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/thz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/thz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions\/287"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/thz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/thz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nUniversity of Vermont<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n82 University Place
\nBurlington, Vermont 05405<\/p>\n
\nEducation<\/h2>\n
\nBackground and Research Interests<\/h2>\n