Rate My Professor Konstantinos Vogiatzis

In August 2016, Dr. Vogiatzis joined the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, as an Assistant Professor of theoretical and computational chemistry. He was promoted to Associate Professor with early tenure in August 2021. Additionally, he has served as Faculty at the Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education since December 2019 and is an affiliate of the Tennessee Quantum Center. His research group develops new computational methods based on electronic structure theory and machine learning to examine reactivity, catalysis, and separation processes. Research interests encompass quantum theory and simulations, including artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, topology, algorithmic development, and correlated systems. Dr. Vogiatzis has received the Ffrancon Williams Endowed Faculty Award in Chemistry (2020), ACS OpenEye Outstanding Junior Faculty Award (2021), U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2022), Bodossaki Distinguished Young Scientist Award in Sciences (2023), and Pariser Poster Faculty Award of the American Conference on Theoretical Chemistry (2024). He has authored more than 40 peer-reviewed publications and mentored 15 graduate students.