Welcome to the Pellizzeri Lab
We are a dynamic research group at Eastern Illinois University (EIU Chemistry). Our aim is to use quantum mechanical modeling to explore and understand small molecule catalysis, material properties and adsorptive materials for water treatment. (see Research).
We are grateful for generous start-up funding from Eastern Illinois University, EIU Chemistry, ACS Peterolum Research Fund (PRF#65913-UNI6), and the Bridges-2 at Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center through allocations CHE220084, CHE220091, CHE230015, CHE250097 from the Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support (ACCESS) program, which is supported by National Science Foundation grants #2138259, #2138286, #2138307, #2137603, and #2138296.
News
8. June 2025Would like to welcome three new undergraduate researchers to the group, Caityln Wattleworth, Noah Kubbs, and Preston Siewert.
19. Oct. 2024George Kacos won the East Central Illinois ACS Outstanding Poster Presentation award at the 9th Annual ECI ACS Undergraduate Research Conference for his poster titled: Multifaceted Computational Approach to Study the Thermal Decomposition of PFOA. 
Would like to welcome a new undergraduate researcher to the group, George Kacos.
8. Jan. 2024Would like to welcome a two new undergraduate researchers to the group, Akizia Aguilar and Genevieve Biberdorf.
15. May 2023Lauren, Sam, and Jack graduated with their BS in Chemistry. Mark graduated with his BA in Chemistry. Both Sam and Lauren will be joining EIU as Master's students in the Fall. Congratulations to everyone.
6. Nov. 2023Jack Ebinger won the Wolfram Outstanding Student Presentation award at the 8th Annual ECI ACS Undergraduate Research Conference for his poster titled: Decoding the Pyrolysis of Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA): A Computational Nanoreactor Approach. 