Dr. Steve Ndengué joined Trinity College's Physics Department in 2023. He is passionate about physics teaching and particular enjoys teaching calculus and computer-based physics courses. His area of research is molecular quantum dynamics where he develops and uses computational models to understand the spectroscopy and dynamics of molecules of small and medium size. The studied models find applications in astrochemistry/astrophysics, atmospheric chemistry, and catalysis.

Dr. Ndengué studied Physics at the University of Buea and Douala (Cameroon) before enrolling for a PhD at Université Grenoble Alpes (France). He held some teaching and research positions at the University of Douala, Missouri University of Science and Technology, and the ICTP-East African Institute for Fundamental Research.

curriculum vitae

Selected Publications:

• Tela, H.T., Quintas-Sánchez, E., Dubernet, M.L., Scribano, Y., Dawes, R., Gatti, F.  and Ndengué, S., 2023. Rovibrational state calculations of the H2O-HCN heterodimer with the multiconfiguration time dependent Hartree method. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25, pp.31813-31824.
• Ndengué, S., Quintas-Sánchez, E., Dawes, R., Blackstone, C.  and Osborn, D., 2023. Temperature dependence of the electronic absorption spectrum of NO2. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 127(29), pp.6051-6062.
• Ndengué, S., Quintas-Sánchez, E., Dawes, R. and Osborn, D., 2021. The low-lying electronic states of NO2: Potential energy and dipole surfaces, bound states, and electronic absorption spectrum. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 125(25), pp.5519-5533.
• Ndengué, S., Scribano, Y., Gatti, F. and Dawes, R., 2019. State-to-state inelastic rotational cross sections in five-atom systems with the multiconfiguration time dependent Hartree method. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 151(13).
• Han, S., Zheng, X., Ndengué, S., Song, Y., Dawes, R., Xie, D., Zhang, J. and Guo, H., 2019. Dynamical interference in the vibronic bond breaking reaction of HCO. Science Advances, 5(1), p.eaau0582.
• Ndengué, S., Dawes, R., Wang, X.G., Carrington, T., Sun, Z. and Guo, H., 2016. Calculated vibrational states of ozone up to dissociation. The Journal of chemical physics, 144(7).
• Majumder, M., Ndengue, S.A. and Dawes, R., 2016. Automated construction of potential energy surfaces. Molecular Physics, 114(1), pp.1-18.
• Ndengué, S., Madronich, S., Gatti, F., Meyer, H.D., Motapon, O. and Jost, R., 2014. Ozone photolysis: Strong isotopologue/isotopomer selectivity in the stratosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 119(7), pp.4286-4302.
• Ndengué, S.A. and Motapon, O. Spatial and shell-confined one electron atomic and molecular systems: Structure and dipole polarizability. In Electronic Structure of Quantum Confined Atoms and Molecules, edited by K.D. Sen, 169-204. Springer International, 2014.