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 (13)
heat10
harness9
psi9
dynamics9
discovery9
computational-chemistry9
simulation9
json-data8
jekyll8
python8
scipy7
numpy5
notebook1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ESCIP/escip.github.io
Feb 2020 - Oct 2025
ESCIP website
Contributions:4 reviews, 11 PRs, 79 pushes in 5 years 8 months
jekyll
mapol-chem/qed-ci
Nov 2023 - Mar 2026
A repository for qed-configuration interaction methods
Contributions:1 review, 170 pushes, 6 branches in 2 years 4 months
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