Curriculum
Vitae

Adam Petrucci giving two thumbs-up in front of a math-filled blackboard.

Following is a summary of my professional journey. Relevant resources are linked when available, but please contact me if you have any questions or would like more information!

Contact Information

Email: petruc21@msu.edu
Office: Wells Hall C544, 619 Red Cedar Road
East Lansing MI 48823

Education

2022-2027

(projected)

Ph.D. from Michigan State University

  • Specialty in Applied Partial Differential Equations

2016-2021

B.A. from the University of Vermont

  • Major in Mathematics
  • Minor in Computer Science

2016-2021

B.S. from the University of Vermont

  • Major in Chemistry
  • Minor in Physics

Research Experience

2024-2027

(projected)

Role: Graduate Researcher

Supervisor: Keith Promislow

Project: Mean field limits of systems with multiparticle interactions

2017-2021

Summer 2015


Publications

  1. Title: Individual and collective political efficacy predict farmer engagement and support for groundwater policies: implications from the California Sustainable Groundwater Management Act

    Authors: Meredith T. Niles, Courtney Hammond Wagner, Natalia Aristizábal, Carolyn Hricko, Adam Petrucci, Luis Alex Rodriguez Cruz

    Publication: Ecol. Soc., 2024, 29(1): 5

  2. Title: Beyond "Mega": Origin of the "Giga" Stokes Shifts for Triazolopyridiniums

    Authors: Adam N. Petrucci, Morgan E. Cousins, Matthew D. Liptak

    Publication: J. Phys. Chem. B., 2022, 126: 6997-7005

  3. Title: Machine Learning in a Molecular Modeling Course for Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Biophysics Students

    Authors: Jacob M. Remington, Jonathon B. Ferrell, Marlo Zorman, Adam Petrucci, Severin T. Schneebeli, Jianing Li

    Publication: The Biophysicst, 2020, 1(2):11

  4. Title: Ozonolysis Chemistry and Phase Behavior of 1-Octen-3-ol-Derived Secondary Organic Aerosols

    Authors: Kevin B. Fischer, Clarissa S. Gold, Rebecca M. Harvey, Adam N. Petrucci, Giuseppe A. Petrucci

    Publication: ACS Earth Space Chem., 2020, 4(8): 1298-1308


Presentations

  1. Title: Characterizing the Song of Water

    Event: Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics: Workshop IV - Bridging the Gap Between Implicit and Explicit Methods

    Place: Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2025

  2. Title: Pattern Formation in Cell Metabolism

    Event: Amsterdam Centre for Dynamics and Computation Autumn School

    Place: Amsterdam, NL, 2025

  3. Title: Interaction Diversity in Mean-Field Settings

    Event: Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics Junior Seminar

    Place: Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2025

  4. Title: Structure-Function Relations: Modeling Mega-Stokes Shifts

    Event: UVM Student Research Conference

    Place: Burlington, VT, USA, 2020

  5. Title: The Suppression of Kasha's Rule: A Photophysical Phenomena

    Event: Champlain Area Chemistry Symposium

    Place: Burlington, VT, USA, 2019


Conference and Workshop Attendance

  1. Title: Bridging the Gap: Transition from Deterministic to Stochastic Interaction Modeling in Electrochemistry

    Organizer: Insitute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM)

    Place: Chicago, IL, USA, Sept-Dec 2025

  2. Title: From microscopic dynamics to continuum limits

    Organizer: Amsterdam Centre for Dynamics and Computation (ACDC)

    Place: Amsterdam, NL, Oct 2025

  3. Title: 2025 Gene Golub Summer School on Frontiers in Multi-Dimensional Pattern Formation

    Organizer: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)

    Place: Montréal, CA, Aug 2025

  4. Title: Graduate Student Mathematical Modeling Camp and Mathematical Problems in Industry Workshop

    Organizer: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)

    Place: Pomona, CA, USA, June 2025

  5. Title: Emergent Behavior in Complex Systems of Interacting Agents

    Organizer: Insitute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation (IMSI)

    Place: Chicago, IL, USA, March 2025

  6. Title: Mathematical Modeling of Biological Interfacial Phenomena

    Organizer: Insitute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation (IMSI)

    Place: Chicago, IL, USA, Dec 2024


Outreach

Spring 2025

Activity: Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)

Role : Supporting Graduate Researcher


Teaching Experience

Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan)

Fall 2025

Spring 2025

Spring 2024

MATH 235: Differential Equations

Supervisor: Gabriel Nagy

Spring 2026

Summer 2025

Fall 2023

MATH 314: Matrix Algebra I

Supervisor: Hitesh Gakhar ('25), Michail Paparizos ('23, '26)

Fall 2024

Lead Teaching Assistant

Supervisor: Andrew Krause

Fall 2024

Spring 2024

Tutor Supervisor

Supervisor: Jane Zimmerman

Spring 2025

Fall 2024

Fall 2023

Spring 2023

Fall 2022

Graduate Tutor

Supervisor: Jane Zimmerman

University of Vermont (Burlington, Vermont)

Spring 2022

MATH 242: Analysis in Several Real Variables II

Supervisor: Michael Wilson

Fall 2021

MATH 241: Analysis in Several Real Variables I

Supervisor: Michael Wilson

Spring 2020

MATH 255: Elementary Number Theory

Supervisor: Jonathan Sands

Fall 2020

Fall 2019

Fall 2018

CHEM 121: Quantitative Analysis

Supervisors: Dwight Matthews ('18), Giuseppe Petrucci ('19), Yanguang Ou ('20)

Spring 2019

CHEM 142: Organic Chemistry

Supervisor: Alexander Wurthmann

Spring 2020

Fall 2020

CS 120: Advanced Programming: C++

Supervisor: Lisa Dion


Language Experience

Spoken Languages

English, French, Spanish, Italian

Programming Languages

MATLAB, Python, HTML, CSS, C++, Java


Certifications


Professional Affiliations


Awards and Honors

2025

Graduate Research Associate Fellowship; presented semiannually to a Michigan State University (MSU) graduate student to support thesis research

2022

John F. Kenney Award; presented annually to a University of Vermont (UVM) graduate student for excellence in mathematics

2020

Outstanding Senior in Mathematics; presented annually to a UVM undergraduate student for academic achievement mathematics

2020

Christopher W. Allen Award; presented annually to a UVM undergraduate student for academic achievement in chemistry

2020

Excellence in Physical Chemistry Award; presented annually to a UVM undergraduate student for outstanding achievements in physical chemistry

2019

Brown Chemistry Summer Fellowship; summer research grant awarded to a UVM undergraduate student conducting research in inorganic chemistry

2018

Woodworth Prize; summer research grant awarded to a UVM student on the basis of a research proposal and academic accomplishment

2017

Vermont Space Grand Undergraduate Scholarship; awarded by the NASA National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program annually for oustanding achievement in the STEM fields