{"id":650,"date":"2025-06-25T02:43:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T02:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/chong-sun\/?page_id=650"},"modified":"2025-06-26T19:13:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T19:13:32","slug":"giordanolaurence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/sun-lab\/giordanolaurence\/","title":{"rendered":"Laurence Giordano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-528 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/chong-sun\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1433\/2025\/06\/lgiordano_photo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"215\" \/>Laurence is a New Jersey native who grew up in Edison. He earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in physics and mathematics from Johns Hopkins University (2014) before shifting his focus to chemistry. While working in science education, he completed an associate degree and a bachelor\u2019s degree in chemistry from Middlesex College (2017) and Rutgers University (2018). He later earned two master\u2019s degrees\u2014in physical chemistry and applied mathematics\u2014at the University of Washington (2020, 2021). He then taught college chemistry for several years before returning to Rutgers to pursue his PhD. His research focuses on computational and machine learning approaches to problems in inorganic and physical chemistry. Outside of research, he enjoys reading, running, and 3D printing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laurence is a New Jersey native who grew up in Edison. 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