Dale Lonsdale (PhD student)
Dale Lonsdale
PhD student
Melbourne Centre for Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
The University of Melbourne, VIC 3010
Australia
Room: 172 (Masson Building)
E-mail: dlonsdale AT student.unimelb.edu.au
Biography
2019 – present: PhD student, School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Australia
2017 – 2018: Master of Science (Chemistry), School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Australia
2013 – 2016: Bachelor of Science, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Awards
2020: Best student demonstrator in second year, School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne
2019: Best poster award at DFT2019, Alicante, Spain
2019: Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Professional Memberships and Academic Service
2020 – present: PhD representative on the School of Chemistry Diversity & Equity Committee
2019 – present: student member of Royal Australian Chemical Institute (MRACI)
2018 – 2019: Secretary of Chemistry Postgraduate Society, The University of Melbourne
2016 – 2018: Chemistry staff student liaison, School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne
Publications
2. D. R. Lonsdale, L. Goerigk, “One-electron self-interaction error and its relationship to geometry and higher orbital occupation”, The Journal of Chemical Physics 2023, 158, 044102. DOI: 10.1063/5.0129820
1. D. R. Lonsdale, L. Goerigk, “The one-electron self-interaction error in 74 density functional approximations: a case study on hydrogenic mono- and dinuclear systems”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2020, 22, 15805-15830. DOI: 10.1039/D0CP01275K (Inaugural “PCCP Emerging Investigators” Themed Collection; 2020 Hot Article; front-cover article)
Presentations
6. 11/2022 – Poster: “A Thorough Investigation of the One-Electron Self-Interaction Error in Model Systems”, Melbourne Meeting for Molecular Modellers 2022, Melbourne, Australia.
5. 08/2022 – Poster: “A Thorough Investigation of the One-Electron Self-Interaction Error in Model Systems”, DFT 2022, Brussels, Belgium.
4. 11/2011 – Talk: “A thorough analysis of the one-electron self-interaction error in Density Functional Theory approximations”, RACI PhysChem Summer Festival 2021, Australia.
3. 10/2019 – Poster: “The One-Electron Self-Interaction Error in 50 Density Functional Approximations”, APATCC 2019, Sydney, Australia.
2. 07/2019 – Poster: “The One-Electron Self-Interaction Error in 50 Density Functional Approximations”, DFT 2019, Alicante, Spain.
1. 12/2018 – Talk: “Fundamental insights to the Self-Interaction Error in current Density Functional Approximations”, QUACCS 2018, Kioloa, Australia.