Frank Yip

Degree	Specialty	Institution
Ph.D.	Chemistry (theoretical)	University of California - Berkeley
M.S.	Chemistry	University of California - Berkeley
A.B.	Chemistry	Princeton University

As part of the Dept. of Science and Math, I am committed to ensuring all Cal Maritime students receive a background in science and develop a healthy scientific literacy. As a beneficiary of undergraduate directed research when I was a student, I try to cultivate an environment where students can engage with scientific research directly, and always ask “why” questions to learn more about the world we live in.

I am also the campus coordinator of our CSU-LSAMP program. LSAMP (Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation) serves to increase the retention and graduation rate for underrepresented minority (URM) students in STEM fields. The CSU Alliance, in particular, has been very successful in increasing the graduation rate of URM students in STEM fields, and many LSAMP initiatives have now been institutionalized across the CSU as impactful programs that benefit students.

For more information (including eligibility and how to apply), please visit us at https://www.csum.edu/lsamp/.

My background is in chemical physics (where physics and chemistry meet at the atomic/molecular scale). As a theoretical/computational scientist, my research interests address:

electron correlation in atoms and molecules with few (two or more) electrons, treated from first-principles
theoretical studies describing how light can probe the structure of atoms and molecules
large-scale computing and numerical simulations in atomic and molecular physics, and other areas

My primary collaboration is with the Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Theory team at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). Via various U.S. Department of Energy and LBNL fellowship opportunities, as well as National Science Foundation (NSF) awards, I have mentored and directed Cal Maritime students for summer research programs at LBNL.

If students are interested in conducing directed research with me, particularly first- and second-year students with advanced standing in mathematics and/or physical sciences, please reach out to me to discuss your interests in undergraduate research.

Highlighted publications include:

R.Y. Bello, F. L. Yip, T. N. Rescigno, R. R. Lucchese, and C. W. McCurdy; “Two-photon double photoionization of atomic Mg by ultrashort pulses: Variation of angular distributions with pulse length”; Phys. Rev. A 102, 053107 (2020)
F.L. Yip, C. W. McCurdy and T. N. Rescigno; “Hybrid Gaussian–discrete-variable representation for describing molecular double-ionization events”; Phys. Rev. A 101, 063404 (2020)
R.Y. Bello, F. L. Yip, T. N. Rescigno, R. R. Lucchese, and C. W. McCurdy; “Role of initial-state electron correlation in one-photon double ionization of atoms and molecules”; Phys. Rev. A 99, 013403 (2019)
Z.L. Streeter, F. L. Yip, R. R. Lucchese, B. Gervais, T. N. Rescigno, and C. W. McCurdy; “Dissociation dynamics of the water dication following one-photon double ionization. I. Theory”; Phys. Rev. A 98, 053429 (2018)
F.L. Yip, A. Palacios, F. Martin, T. N. Rescigno and C. W. McCurdy; “Two-photon double ionization of atomic beryllium with ultrashort laser pulses”; Phys. Rev. A 92, 053404 (2015)
F.L. Yip, T. N. Rescigno, C. W. McCurdy and F. Martin; “Fully Differential Single-Photon Double Ionization of Neon and Argon”; Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 173001 (2013)

CHE105/CHE105L – Introductory Chemistry

CHE110/CHE110L – General Chemistry

CHE205 – Chemistry of Plant Processes

ENG210 – Engineering Computer Programming

PHY120 – Physics for Future Leaders

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