About Me

I am self-taught programmer with a computational/theoretical chemistry background, but I currently work at Intel as a Resolution Enhancement Techniques Engineer. My language of choice is Python, but I did most of my graduate work in Fortran and am also becoming a C++ programmer. I enjoy scripting, particularly text parsing and automation. I also enjoy writing numerical and scientific code.

Scientific Publications

• John L. Payton, Seth M. Morton, Justin E. Moore and Lasse Jensen, “A Hybrid Atomistic Electrodynamics–Quantum Mechanical Approach for Simulating Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering,” Acc. Chem. Res., 2014, 47(1), 88–99
• John Michael Rinaldi, Seth M. Morton and Lasse Jensen, “A discrete interaction model/quantum mechanical method for simulating nonlinear optical properties of molecules near metal surfaces,” Mol. Phys., 2013, 111(9-11), 1322-1331
• Qingzhen Hao, Seth M. Morton, Bei Wang, Yanhui Zhao, Lasse Jensen and Tony Jun Huang, “Tuning surface-enhanced Raman scattering from graphene substrates using the electric field effect and chemical doping,” Appl. Phys. Lett., 2013, 102, 011102
• Andrea N. Giordano, Seth M. Morton, Lasse Jensen and Benjamin J. Lear, “Direct Test of the Equivalency of Dynamic IR and Dynamic Raman Spectroscopies As Techniques for Observing Ultrafast Molecular Dynamics,” J. Phys. Chem. A, 2013, 117(10), 2067–2074
• Seth M. Morton “Electrodynamic and Electronic Structure Methods to Model Surface Enhanced Spectroscopy and Molecule-metal Nanoparticle Optical Coupling,” PhD Thesis. The Pennsylvania State University, 2013
• A coupled TDDFT - atomistic electrodynamics model to study excitations in adsorbate-nanoparticle systems, SCM, 2012
• John L. Payton, Seth M. Morton and Lasse Jensen, “First-Principles Simulations of Near Field Effects,” In Optical Antennas; Agio, M. Ed.; Cambridge, 2012; Chapter 11, pp 179-201
• John L. Payton, Seth M. Morton, Justin E. Moore and Lasse Jensen, “A discrete interaction model/quantum mechanical method for simulating surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy,” J. Chem. Phys., 2012, 136, 214103
• Justin E. Moore, Seth M. Morton and Lasse Jensen, “Importance of Correctly Describing Charge-Transfer Excitations for Understanding the Chemical Effect in SERS,” J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2012, 3(17), 2470–2475
• Seth M. Morton and Lasse Jensen, “A discrete interaction model/quantum mechanical method to describe the interaction of metal nanoparticles and molecular absorption,” J. Chem. Phys, 2011, 135(13), 134103.
• Seth M. Morton, Daniel W. Silverstein and Lasse Jensen, “Theoretical Studies of Plasmonics using Electronic Structure Methods,” Chem. Rev., 2011, 111(6), 3962-3994.
• Seth M. Morton and Lasse Jensen, “A discrete interaction model/quantum mechanical method for describing response properties of molecules adsorbed on metal nanoparticles,” J. Chem. Phys., 2010, 133(7), 074103.
• Seth M. Morton, Ebo Ewusi-Annan and Lasse Jensen, “Controlling the Non-Resonant Chemical Mechanism of SERS Using a Molecular Photoswitch,” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009, 11(34), 7424-7429.
• Seth M. Morton and Lasse Jensen, “Understanding the Molecule-Surface Chemical Coupling in SERS,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131(11), 4090-4098.