{"id":33,"date":"2026-05-09T15:14:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T15:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/talbot-group\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2026-05-14T18:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:45:07","slug":"group-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/talbot-group\/group-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Group Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"max-width:1100px;margin:0 auto;font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">\n<h1 style=\"text-align:center;margin-bottom:40px\">\nGroup Members<br \/>\n<\/h1>\n<p><!-- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"border-bottom:2px solid #ccc;padding-bottom:8px\">\nPrincipal Investigator<br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden;margin-top:25px\">\n<div style=\"float:left;width:48%;margin-bottom:40px;min-width:300px\">\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/talbot-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2026\/05\/headshot2.jpg\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 4128px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 4128\/6192;width:300px;height:400px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:6px\" alt=\"Portrait of Professor Justin Talbot\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin:12px 0 6px 0\">\n      Prof. Justin Talbot<br \/>\n    <\/h3>\n<p>\n      Assistant Professor<br \/>\n      Hunter 371\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"mailto:jjtalbo@clemson.edu\"><br \/>\n      jjtalbo@clemson.edu<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- POSTDOCS --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"border-bottom:2px solid #ccc;padding-bottom:8px\">\nPostdocs<br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden;margin-top:25px\">\n<div style=\"float:left;width:48%;margin-bottom:40px;min-width:300px\">\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/talbot-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2026\/05\/Julio.jpg\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 6814px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 6814\/8640;width:300px;height:400px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:6px\" alt=\"Portrait of Dr. Julio Cesar Cruz\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin:12px 0 6px 0\">\n      Dr. Julio Cesar Cruz<br \/>\n    <\/h3>\n<p>\n      Postdoctoral Fellow<br \/>\n      Hunter 309<br \/>\n      PhD Chemistry<br \/>\n      Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana<br \/>\n      Orbital-optimized TDDFT &amp; Green&#8217;s function methods\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"mailto:jcruzmo@clemson.edu\"><br \/>\n      jcruzmo@clemson.edu<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- GRADUATE STUDENTS --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"border-bottom:2px solid #ccc;padding-bottom:8px\">\nGraduate Students<br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden;margin-top:25px\">\n<p>  <!-- JP --><\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left;width:48%;margin-right:2%;margin-bottom:40px;min-width:300px\">\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/talbot-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2026\/05\/JP.jpg\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 12600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 12600\/16800;width:300px;height:400px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:6px\" alt=\"Portrait of John Paul Bell\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin:12px 0 6px 0\">\n      John Paul &#8220;JP&#8221; Bell<br \/>\n    <\/h3>\n<p>\n      Graduate Student<br \/>\n      Hunter 309<br \/>\n      B.S., Chemistry and Mathematics<br \/>\n      Erskine College<br \/>\n      Orbital-optimized TDDFT and nonadiabatic dynamics\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"mailto:jpb5@clemson.edu\"><br \/>\n      jpb5@clemson.edu<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <!-- Jimmy --><\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left;width:48%;margin-bottom:40px;min-width:300px\">\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/talbot-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2026\/05\/Jimmy.jpg\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 12600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 12600\/16800;width:300px;height:400px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:6px\" alt=\"Portrait of James Coombs\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin:12px 0 6px 0\">\n      James &#8220;Jimmy&#8221; Coombs<br \/>\n    <\/h3>\n<p>\n      Graduate Student<br \/>\n      Hunter 309<br \/>\n      M.S., Chemistry<br \/>\n      Brigham Young University<br \/>\n      Dye-sensitized solar catalysts\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"mailto:jccoomb@clemson.edu\"><br \/>\n      jccoomb@clemson.edu<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <!-- Logan --><\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left;width:48%;margin-right:2%;margin-bottom:40px;min-width:300px\">\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/talbot-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2026\/05\/Logan.jpg\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 12600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 12600\/16800;width:300px;height:400px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:6px\" alt=\"Portrait of Logan Dowdell\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin:12px 0 6px 0\">\n      Logan Dowdell<br \/>\n    <\/h3>\n<p>\n      Graduate Student<br \/>\n      Hunter 309<br \/>\n      B.S., Chemistry<br \/>\n      Francis Marion University<br \/>\n      Hubbard corrections to DFT and plutonium adsorption\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"mailto:ledowde@clemson.edu\"><br \/>\n      ledowde@clemson.edu<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <!-- Drew --><\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left;width:48%;margin-bottom:40px;min-width:300px\">\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/talbot-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2026\/05\/Drew.jpg\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 12600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 12600\/16800;width:300px;height:400px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:6px\" alt=\"Portrait of Drew Whitman\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin:12px 0 6px 0\">\n      Drew Whitman<br \/>\n    <\/h3>\n<p>\n      Graduate Student<br \/>\n      Hunter 309<br \/>\n      B.S., Chemistry<br \/>\n      Western Carolina University<br \/>\n      Vibrational signatures of tritium storage\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"mailto:dwhitma@clemson.edu\"><br \/>\n      dwhitma@clemson.edu<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"border-bottom:2px solid #ccc;padding-bottom:8px\">\nUndergraduate Students<br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden;margin-top:25px\">\n<p>  <!-- Garrett --><\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left;width:48%;margin-right:2%;margin-bottom:40px;min-width:300px\">\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/talbot-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2026\/05\/Garrett.jpg\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 12600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 12600\/16800;width:300px;height:400px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:6px\" alt=\"Portrait of Garrett Dean\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin:12px 0 6px 0\">\n      Garrett Dean<br \/>\n    <\/h3>\n<p>\n      Undergraduate Student<br \/>\n      Clemson University<br \/>\n      Vibrational dynamics and hydrogen storage\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"mailto:gcdean@clemson.edu\"><br \/>\n      gcdean@clemson.edu<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <!-- Will --><\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left;width:48%;margin-bottom:40px;min-width:300px\">\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/talbot-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2026\/05\/Will.jpg\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 7550px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 7550\/8614;width:300px;height:400px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:6px\" alt=\"Portrait of Will Garrett\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin:12px 0 6px 0\">\n      Will Garrett<br \/>\n    <\/h3>\n<p>\n      Undergraduate Student<br \/>\n      Clemson University<br \/>\n      Free energy decomposition 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