Melania Oana

Chemistry Teacher with a strong foundation in Computational Chemistry research, combining academic expertise with practical experience in the classroom.

2007 Arthur Adamson Postdoctoral Recognition Award from Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California 

2005 – 2007 Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Postdoctoral Fellowship from University of Southern California 

1999 Second Prize – Session of Scientific Communications for Students, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Chemistry 

1996 – 2000 University of Bucharest Merit Scholarship 

1999 Member of the extended Romanian Olympic Team of Chemistry 

1999 Second Prize - National Chemistry Contest “C. D. Nenitzescu”, Bucharest, Romania 

1994 – 1996 Second Prize - National Olympiad of Chemistry, Romania 

1993 - Mention - National Olympiad of Chemistry, Romania  

• 1. A. W. Jasper, M. Oana, and J. A. Miller, “Third-body’ collision efficiencies for combustion modeling: Hydrocarbons in atomic and diatomic baths”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, accepted 2014
• 2. M. Oana, Y. Nakatsuka, D. R. Albert, H. F. Davis, “Photodissociation Dynamics of Gaseous CpCo(CO)2 and Ligand Exchange Reactions of CpCoH2 with C6H4, C3H6 and NH3”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2012, 116, 5039
• 3. M. Oana and A.I. Krylov, “Cross sections and photoelectron angular distributions in photodetachment from negative ions using equation-of-motion coupled-cluster Dyson orbitals”, The Journal of Chemical Physics 2009, 131, 124114
• 4. M. Oana and A.I. Krylov, “Dyson orbitals for ionization from the ground and electronically excited states within equation-of-motion coupled-cluster formalism: Theory, implementation, and examples”, The Journal of Chemical Physics 2007, 127, 234106
• 5. M. Oana, H. D. Abruiña, F. J. DiSalvo, R. Hoffmann, “Adsorption of CO on PtBi2 and PtBi surfaces”, Surface Science 2005, 571, 1
• 6. A. Tintaru, M. Oana, D. Gavriliu, M. Hillebrand, “Experimental and theoretical study of the ground and excited state properties of 3-carboxyphenoxatin”, Revue Roumaine de Chimie 2004, 49, 317
• 7. M. Oana, A. Tintaru, D. Gavriliu, O. Maior, M. Hillebrand, “Spectral Study and Molecular Modeling of the Inclusion Complexes of β-Cyclodextrin with Some Phenoxathiin Derivatives”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2002, 106, 257

• 1. M. Oana, A.W. Jasper, J.A. Miller, “Predictive Unimolecular Kinetics for the Decomposition of Hydrocarbons and Hydrocarbon Radicals in Several Baths”, 7th International Conference on Chemical Kinetics, July 2011, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
• 2. M. Oana, A.W. Jasper, J.A. Miller, “Collisional Energy Transfer in C2H2”, Oral presentation, 7th US National technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute, March 2011, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
• 3. M. Oana, A.I. Krylov, “Applications of EOM-CC Dyson Orbitals to Photoionization and Photodetachment of Excited State and Open-Shell Molecules”, Oral presentation, 234th American Chemical Society National Meeting, April 2008, New Orleans, LA
• 4. M. Oana, A.I. Krylov, “Applications of EOM-CC Dyson Orbitals to Photoionization and Photodetachment of Excited State and Open-Shell Molecules”, Poster and hot topic oral presentation, Gordon Research Conference on Photoions, Photoionization and Photodetachment, January 2008, Il Ciocco, Italy
• 5. M. Oana, A.I. Krylov, “Calculating Photoelectron Angular Distributions from EOM-IP-CCSD Dyson Orbitals”; Poster Presentation, XXI Dynamics of Molecular Collisions Meeting, July 2007, Santa Fe, NM
• 6. M. Oana, A.I. Krylov, “Calculating photoelectron angular distributions from EOM-IP-CCSD Dyson Orbitals”; Poster Presentation, Molecular Quantum Mechanics – Analytic Gradients and Beyond, International Conference in Honor of Professor Peter Pulay, May 2007, Budapest, Hungary
• 7. M. Oana, A.I. Krylov, “Dyson Orbitals for the Ground and Excited State Ionization in the EOM formalism: Theory and Applications”; Oral Presentation, 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, September 2006, San Francisco, CA
• 8. M. Oana, A.I. Krylov, “Dyson Orbitals for the Ground and Excited State Ionization in the EOM formalism: Theory and Applications”; Poster Presentation, Gordon Research Conference on Atomic and Molecular Interactions, July 2006, New London, NH
• 9. M. Oana, H. D. Abruiña, F. J. DiSalvo, R. Hoffmann, “Intermediates Involved in the Catalytic Electrooxidation of HCOOH on PtBi and PtBi2 Surfaces”; Poster Presentation, Gordon Research Conference on Inorganic Chemistry, July 2004, Newport, RI
• 10. M. Oana, M. Hillebrand, “Interaction of Some Phenoxathiin Derivatives with β-Cyclodextrin”; Oral Presentation, 2nd Prize, Session of Scientific Communications for Students, 1999, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Chemistry, Bucharest, Romania