Thomas Furlani PhD
Thomas Furlani
PhD
Director, Center for Computational Research
Specialty/Research Focus
Informatics
Professional Summary:
Dr. Furlani serves as Director of the University at Buffalo‘s Center for Computational Research (CCR), a leading academic supercomputing center. As Director of CCR, Dr. Thomas Furlani, whose Ph.D. is in Computational Chemistry, manages the day-to-day operations of the center as well as oversees its research activities.
A National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellow, Dr. Furlani has more than 25 years experience in research computing and visualization, including high-performance computing, computational chemistry, and cloud computing. In addition to supporting research, Education and Outreach has been an important component of CCR‘s mission since its inception, with on-going K-12, undergraduate and graduate level programs. In terms of K-12 outreach, CCR each year runs the Eric Pitman Annual Summer Workshop in Computational Science.
Education and Training:
- PhD, State University at New York at Buffalo, Summa Cum Laude (1985)
- BS, Chemistry, Buffalo State College, Summa cum laude (1980)
Employment:
- Director, University at Buffalo (2006–2014)
- Research Associate Professor, Chemistry, University at Buffalo (1994–2014)
- Interim CIO, University at Buffalo (2010–2013)
- Associate Director, Center for Computational Research, University at Buffalo (1998–2006)
- Principal Chemist, Calspan Advanced Technology Center (1990–1994)
- Senior Chemist, Calspan Advanced Technology Center (1985–1990)
Awards and Honors:
- University at Buffalo Graduate School Fellowship (1984)
- National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship (1983)
- National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship (1982)
- National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship (1981)
- DuPont Fellowship (1981)
- National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship (1980)
- Eastman Kodak Undergraduate Scholarship (1980)
- Eastman Kodak Undergraduate Scholarship (1979)
Grants and Sponsored Research:
- October 2015–October 2020
CC*DNI DIBBs: Data Analysis and Management Building Blocks for Multi-Campus
National Science Foundation
Role: Co-Investigator
$5,000,000 - September 2016–August 2020
CIF21 DIBBs: EI: Data Laboratory for Materials Engineering
National Science Foundation
Role: Co-Investigator
$2,909,771 - August 2015–August 2020
XD Net Metrics Service
National Science Foundation
Role: Principal Investigator
$9,063,861
Journal Articles:
- Butterworth K, Chiang CT, Cunningham B, Freindorf M, Furlani TR, DeLeon RL, Garvey JF, Furlani T. Reactions within fluorobenzene-ammonia heterocluster ions: experiment and theory. J Phys Chem A. 2012; 116(8).
- Shores KS, Charlebois JP, Chiang CT, DeLeon RL, Freindorf M, Furlani TR, Garvey JF, Furlani T. Reactions within p-difluorobenzene/methanol heterocluster ions: a detailed experimental and theoretical investigation. J Phys Chem A. 2009; 113(11).
- Chiang CT, Shores KS, Freindorf M, Furlani T, DeLeon RL, Garvey JF. Size-restricted proton transfer within toluene-methanol cluster ions. J Phys Chem A. 2008; 112(46).
- Chiang CT, Freindorf M, Furlani T, DeLeon RL, Richard JP, Garvey JF. Enhancement of a Lewis acid-base interaction via solvation: ammonia molecules and the benzene radical cation. J Phys Chem A. 2007; 111(27).