Michael Ruggiero Bio

Michael Ruggiero is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Vermont. He received his BS from SUNY Geneseo and PhD in chemistry from Syracuse University, and was an EPSRC postdoctoral fellow at the University of Cambridge in the Department of Chemical Engineering. His research involves characterizing and leveraging intermolecular interactions in the condensed phase to understand bulk material function. While the applications of his research are broad – the core of his research program is centered on vibrational spectroscopy (in particular, low-frequency vibrational spectroscopy), crystallography, and ab initio simulations. He collaborates widely, contributes to the development of the CRYSTAL software package, has published nearly 50 peer-reviewed articles and he is currently a Topic Editor for Crystal Growth & Design. He has been awarded a number of awards, including an NSF CAREER award, inclusion in the annual Forbes 30 under 30 list (2019) and winning the Young Scientist Award by the International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz 2019).