Rate My Professor Matthew Marmorino

Matthew G. Marmorino serves as Chair and Professor of Physical Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Indiana University South Bend. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1999 and his B.S. in Biochemistry from the same institution in 1995. Throughout his career at Indiana University South Bend, Marmorino has been recognized for his teaching excellence, receiving the Trustees' Teaching Award. He teaches a broad array of undergraduate courses, including CHEM-C 101 and CHEM-C 102 (General Chemistry for health science majors), CHEM-C 105 and CHEM-C 106 (General Chemistry for science majors), CHEM-C 361 and CHEM-C 362 (Physical Chemistry for chemistry majors), CHEM-N 390 (Environmental Chemistry and Nanotechnology), and CHEM-C 409 (Chemical Research).

Marmorino's research specializes in mathematical methods for calculating upper and lower bounds, or error bars, for physical properties of atomic and molecular systems, such as ground-state energies and the average distance of an electron from the nucleus. This work demands competence in calculus, physics, and programming, particularly with Mathematica, and he frequently collaborates with undergraduate students on these projects. His contributions to the field include key publications such as "Comparison and union of the Temple and Bazley lower bounds" in the Journal of Mathematical Chemistry (2013), "Comment on 'More results on a functional generalization of the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality'" in the Journal of Inequalities and Applications (2014), "Lower bounds to the ground-state expectation value of non-negative operators" in the Journal of Mathematical Chemistry (2016), and "Electron correlation in the singlet and triplet states of the atomic 2p_x^1 2p_y^1 configuration" (2018). Earlier works feature "Lower Bounds to Ground-State Eigenvalues" (Journal of Mathematical Chemistry, 2002) and "Lower bounds to the Weizsäcker energy" (International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 2005). Marmorino has mentored students through programs like SMART Summer Fellowships and serves on university committees including the Academic Senate Standing Committees and Facilities Management Committee.