Alec Owens

My expertise is in theoretical molecular spectroscopy with a focus on high-accuracy ab initio quantum chemical methods and first-principles nuclear motion theory. I have made consistent contributions to molecular line list production for characterizing exoplanet atmospheres, quantum dynamics of chiral molecules in strong electric fields, machine learning of molecular potential energy surfaces, and probing the sensitivity of spectral lines to varying fundamental constants of nature. Recently, I have developed and deployed a new database for atomic and molecular radiative processes in plasma physics.