Jay Foley
Associate Professor
New Jersey, United States
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Top SchoolJay Foley is an Associate Professor and physical chemist with nine years of academic experience and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, combining deep theoretical expertise with practical research on light-matter interactions developed during a postdoctoral fellowship at Argonne National Laboratory. He leads and teaches chemistry research programs at William Paterson University and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, balancing pedagogy with active scholarship in nanoscale modeling and spectroscopy. Foley’s work focuses on developing methods to precisely control optical phenomena at the nanoscale, translating complex theory into experimental and computational tools. Based in New Jersey, he brings a rare blend of national-lab research rigor and classroom mentorship, and maintains a public lab presence through the Foley Lab site that highlights interdisciplinary collaborations and translational impact.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Chemistry, Ph.D., Chemistry at University of ChicagoM.S, Physical Chemistry, M.S, Physical Chemistry at The University of ChicagoB.S, General Chemistry, B.S, General Chemistry at Georgia Institute of Technology and St. Ambrose UniversityChemistry, Chemistry at St. Ambrose UniversityB.S., Chemistry, B.S., Chemistry at Georgia Institute of Technology
English
Github Skills (14)
harness10
heat10
modeling-tool9
modeling9
psi9
discovery8
simulation8
dynamics8
python8
jekyll7
computational-chemistry7
scipy5
numpy4
notebook2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
FoleyLab/MolecularDynamics
Nov 2016 - Aug 2022
Simple Molecular Dynamics code for Discovery-Driven approach to real gas properties.
Contributions:47 commits, 1 PR, 59 pushes in 5 years 10 months
pythonmolecular-dynamicsapproachpropertiessimulation
FoleyLab/FoleyLab.github.io
Sep 2017 - Dec 2023
Contributions:4 PRs, 189 pushes, 6 branches in 6 years 3 months
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