Danjo De Chavez
Bio
I am Danjo De Chavez. I am originally from the Philippines and currently lives in Sweden. Currently, I work as a postdoctoral researcher under the supervision of Roland Lindh in Uppsala University. I work on quantum mechanical method development for OpenMolcas.
Education
I have always pursued computational research from my undergraduate up to my doctorate degrees. As a biochemistry undergrad, I study computer aided drug discovery and used tools such a homology modelling and molecular docking. After graduating, I worked as a junior faculty and joined classical molecular dynamics lab. I was then awarded the Japanese Government scholarship for my master's and eventually for my PhD where I stayed in a computational catalysis lab and studied mechanocatalysis using DFT methods. Additionally, I developed simulation and analysis codes for mechanocatalytic reactions.
Early Career
Towards the end of my PhD, we were awarded research funding for my work on computational mechanochemistry which served as my first postdoctoral training. Though I am humbled by the opportunity to continue my work, I realized that working on the same phenomena limits my chances to grow as a well-rounded researcher. After a year, I moved to Uppsala University and worked under Roland Lindh to study quantum chemical method development.