{"id":277,"date":"2017-06-16T17:47:50","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T21:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/sokolov.8\/?page_id=277"},"modified":"2026-03-26T13:51:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:51:36","slug":"alexander-sokolov","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/sokolov.8\/alexander-sokolov\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Sokolov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-224\" style=\"margin: 10px 20px 10px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/sokolov.8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Alex.jpg\" alt=\"Alexander Sokolov\" width=\"198\" height=\"198\" align=\"left\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bio: <\/strong> Alexander earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Georgia (2014), where he worked in the group of Prof. Henry Schaefer at the Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry. There, his research was focused on the computational studies of molecules with complex electronic structure (radicals, transition metal complexes, molecules in electronically-excited states), as well as the development of new quantum chemical methods for the accurate and efficient prediction of molecular properties. In August 2014, Alexander began his postdoc at Princeton University in the group of Prof. Garnet Chan, where he worked on the development of efficient methods for the description of strong electron correlation. In July 2016, Alexander moved to California, where he continued his postdoc in the group of Prof. Garnet Chan at the California Institute of Technology. Alexander joined the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Ohio State University in August 2017 as an Assistant Professor. In 2023, he was promoted to become an Associate Professor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>E-mail:<\/strong> sokolov.8 [at] osu [dot] edu<\/p>\n<p><!--<strong>Curriculum Vitae<\/strong>--><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Academic Background<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" width=\"15%\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.osu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/sokolov.8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Seal_of_the_Ohio_State_University.png\" alt=\"\" height=\"100\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\" width=\"90%\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 0em;\"><strong>The Ohio State University<\/strong><br \/>\nAssociate Professor (2023 \u2013 Present)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" width=\"15%\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.osu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/sokolov.8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Seal_of_the_Ohio_State_University.png\" alt=\"\" height=\"100\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\" width=\"90%\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 0em;\"><strong>The Ohio State University<\/strong><br \/>\nAssistant Professor (2017 \u2013 2023)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" width=\"15%\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.caltech.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/sokolov.8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/caltech_logo.png\" alt=\"\" height=\"100\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\" width=\"90%\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 0em;\"><strong>The California Institute of Technology<\/strong><br \/>\nPostdoctoral Scholar (2016 \u2013 2017)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" width=\"15%\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.princeton.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/sokolov.8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Princeton-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"100\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\" width=\"90%\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 0em;\"><strong>Princeton University<\/strong><br \/>\nPostdoctoral Research Associate (2014 \u2013 2016)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" width=\"15%\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uga.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/sokolov.8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/The_University_of_Georgia.png\" alt=\"\" height=\"100\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\" width=\"90%\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 0em;\"><strong>The University of Georgia, Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry<\/strong><br \/>\nPh.D. in Computational Chemistry (2009 \u2013 2014)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Additional Information<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=RlJQsC8AAAAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-199\" src=\"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/sokolov.8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/scholar.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Alexander_Sokolov9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-198\" src=\"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/sokolov.8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/researchgate_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"79\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/alexander-sokolov\/45\/46b\/5a4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-200\" src=\"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/sokolov.8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/linkedin.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bio: Alexander earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Georgia (2014), where he worked in the group of Prof. Henry Schaefer at the Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry. 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