Associate Professor of Chemistry

Physical Chemistry (Theoretical)

Mail Box: UNA Box 5049
Office Room: 452 Science and Engineering Technology Building
Office Telephone: 256.765.4479
Email: cstopera@una.edu
Degrees: Ph.D., Chemistry, North Dakota State University, 2008; B.S., Chemistry, Rhodes College, 1999
Classes taught: General Chemistry CH 111H, CH 111, CH 111L; General Chemistry CH 112L; Applied Physical Chemistry CH 341, CH 341L; Physical Chemistry CH 381, CH 381L, CH 382, CH 382L

• C. Stopera and J. A. Morales; “Temporally stable rotational coherent states for molecular simulations. II. Symmetric rotor case.” Journal Chemical Physics; 156; 224114; 2022.
• C. Stopera and J. A. Morales; “Temporally stable rotational coherent states for molecular simulations. I. Spherical and linear rotor cases.” Journal of Chemical Physics; 152; 134112; 2020.
• E. S. Teixeira, K. Uppulury, A. J. Privett, C. Stopera, P. M. McLaurin, J. A. Morales. “Electron Nuclear Dynamics Simulations of Proton Cancer Therapy Reactions: Water Radiolysis and Proton- and Electron-Induced DNA Damage in Computational Prototypes.” Cancers 2018, 10(5), 136.
• P. M. Mclaurin, A. J. Privett, C. Stopera, T. V. Grimes, A. Perera, J. A. Morales. “In honour of N. Yngve Öhrn: surveying proton cancer therapy reactions with Öhrn's electron nuclear dynamics method. Aqueous clusters radiolysis and DNA-base damage by proton collisions.” Molecular Physics 2015, 113, 297–313.
• C. J. Stopera, T. V. Grimes, P. M. McLaurin, A. J. Privett, J. A. Morales. “Some recent developments in the simplest-level electron nuclear dynamics method: theory, code implementation, and applications to chemical dynamics.” Advances in Quantum Chemistry 2013, 66, 113–194.
• C. J. Stopera, B. Maiti, J. A. Morales. “Dynamics H⁺ + NO(v_i = 0) → H⁺ + NO(v_f = 0–2) at E_Lab = 30 eV with Canonical and Morse Coherent States.” Chemical Physics Letters 2012, 551, 42–49.
• C. Stopera, B. Maiti, T. V. Grimes, P. M. McLaurin, J. A. Morales. “Dynamics of H⁺ + CO  at E_Lab = 30 eV.” Journal of Chemical Physics 2012, 136, 054304.
• C. Stopera, B. Maiti, T. V. Grimes, P. M. McLaurin, J. A. Morales. “Dynamics of H⁺ + N₂ at E_Lab = 30 eV.” Journal of Chemical Physics 2011, 134, 224308.

Recent presentations:

• C. J. Stopera, P. M. McLaurin, J. A. Morales. “Application of Coherent States for the Analysis of Scattering Dynamics “ Poster Presentation: 11th International Workshop on Quantum Reactive Scattering, Santa Fe, NM, United States, July 17–21, 2011.

Professional Certifications and Memberships:
American Chemical Society
Alabama Academy of Science