Todd Minehardt

Post-Secondary Education

Lehigh University
Bachelor of Arts
International Relations

University of Texas Austin
Master of Arts
Geological Sciences

University of Texas Austin
Doctor of Philosophy
Chemistry

Teaching Experience

Austin Community College

Adjunct Associate Professor. General Chemistry I Laboratory (CHEM 1111). Fall, 2026

Adjunct Associate Professor. General Chemistry II Laboratory (CHEM 1112). Fall, 2025/Spring, 2026/Fall, 2026

Adjunct Associate Professor. Organic Chemistry I Laboratory (CHEM 2123). Spring, 2026/Summer, 2026/Fall, 2026

Adjunct Associate Professor. Natural Hazards and Disasters (GEOL 1301). Fall, 2025/Spring, 2026

St. Edward's University

Adjunct Professor. General Chemistry I Laboratory. Fall, 2024/Spring, 2025/Fall, 2025.

Adjunct Professor. General Chemistry II Laboratory. Spring, 2024/2025.

The University of Texas at Austin

Lecturer. General Chemistry II. Fall, 2004.

Teaching Assistant. Physical Chemistry (Statistical Mechanics). Fall, 1998.

Teaching Assistant. Physical Chemistry (Quantum Mechanics). Spring, 1997/1998.

Teaching Assistant. Physical Chemistry (Thermodynamics). Fall, 1995/Spring, 1996.

Teaching Assistant. Field Methods in Hydrogeology. Summer, 1995.

Teaching Assistant. Chemical Hydrogeology. Spring, 1995.

Teaching Assistant. Physical Geology. Fall, 1993.

University of Colorado, Denver

Assistant Professor. General Chemistry I. Summer/Fall, 2003.

Assistant Professor. Protein Chemistry II. Spring, 2003.

Assistant Professor. Computational Chemistry. Spring, 2003.

Princeton University

Lecturer. Advanced General Chemistry. Spring, 2001.

Lecturer. Materials Chemistry. Fall, 2000/2001.

University of California, San Francisco

Instructor. Physical Chemistry Laboratory (Pharmacy). Fall, 1999.

Professional Publications

12. The open nucleotide pocket of the profilin/actin x-ray structure is unstable and closes in the absence of profilin

TJ Minehardt, PA Kollman, R Cooke, E Pate

Biophysical Journal 90 (7), 2445-2449 (2006).

11. Protonation-induced stereoisomerism in nicotine: Conformational studies using classical (AMBER) and ab initio (Car–Parrinello) molecular dynamics

PS Hammond, Y Wu, R Harris, TJ Minehardt, R Car, JD Schmitt

Journal of Computer-aided Molecular Design 19 (1), 1-15 (2005).

10. Closing of the nucleotide pocket of kinesin-family motors upon binding to microtubules

Nariman Naber, Todd J Minehardt, Sarah Rice, Xiaoru Chen, Jean Grammer, Marija Matuska, Ronald D Vale, Peter A Kollman, Roberto Car, Ralph G Yount, Roger Cooke, Edward Pate

Science 300 (5620), 798-801 (2003).

9. A classical and ab initio study of the interaction of the myosin triphosphate binding domain with ATP

TJ Minehardt, N Marzari, R Cooke, E Pate, PA Kollman, R Car

Biophysical Journal 82 (2), 660-675 (2002).

8. Molecular dynamics study of the energetic, mechanistic, and structural implications of a closed phosphate tube in ncd

TJ Minehardt, R Cooke, E Pate, PA Kollman

Biophysical Journal 80 (3), 1151-1168 (2001).

7. Quantum dynamics of intramolecular vibrational energy redistribution for initally excited CC ring modes in 30-mode benzene

TJ Minehardt, RE Wyatt

Chemical Physics Letters 312 (5-6), 485-493 (1999).

6. Energy partitioning and normal mode analysis of IVR in 30-mode benzene: overtone relaxation for CH (v= 2)

TJ Minehardt, JD Adcock, RE Wyatt

Chemical Physics Letters 303 (5-6), 537-546 (1999).

5. Quasi-classical and quantum dynamics of benzene overtone relaxation: early time (t? 240 fs) intramolecular vibrational energy redistribution for CH (v= 2) in a 15-mode model

TJ Minehardt, JD Adcock, RE Wyatt, C Iung

Chemical Physics Letters 303 (3-4), 347-354 (1999).

4. Quantum dynamics of overtone relaxation in 30-mode benzene: A time-dependent local mode analysis for CH(ν=2)

TJ Minehardt, JD Adcock, RE Wyatt

The Journal of Chemical Physics 110 (7), 3326-3334 (1999).

3. Quasiclassical dynamics of benzene overtone relaxation on an ab initio force field. I. Energy flow and survival probabilities in planar benzene for CH(v=2,3)

TJ Minehardt, RE Wyatt

The Journal of Chemical Physics 109 (19), 8330-8337 (1998).

2. Quasi-classical dynamics of benzene overtone relaxation on an ab initio force field: 30-mode models of energy flow and survival probability for CH (v= 2)

TJ Minehardt, RE Wyatt

Chemical Physics Letters 295 (4), 373-379 (1998).

1. Enhanced matrix spectroscopy: The preconditioned Green-function block Lanczos algorithm

TJ Minehardt, JD Adcock, RE Wyatt

Physical Review E 56 (4), 4837 (1997).

Licences

Professional Geoscientist (Geology), State of Texas, License #15570