{"id":4049,"date":"2026-05-26T13:48:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T17:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/chemistry\/?page_id=4049"},"modified":"2026-05-26T13:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T17:54:23","slug":"said-jalife-jacobo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/chemistry\/said-jalife-jacobo\/","title":{"rendered":"SAID JALIFE JACOBO"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4049\" class=\"elementor elementor-4049\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ebd739 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9ebd739\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6de8d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6de8d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Dr. Said Jalife Jacobo<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Assistant Professor of Chemistry<br \/>University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus (UPR-RP)<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Department of Chemistry<br \/>Office Location: CN-333.<br \/>Phone: 787-764-0000 Ext. 88529<br \/>email: <a href=\"mailto:said.jalife@upr.edu\">said.jalife@upr.edu<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4fd22e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f4fd22e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc8c101 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fc8c101\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>The Jalife-Jacobo Group<\/strong>:<\/h4><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2013<em>Per curiositatem ad scientiam<\/em><\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">We are a curiosity-driven computational research group combining quantum chemistry, artificial intelligence, and physical chemistry principles for the rational design of chemical systems across catalysis, electronics, energy storage, photochemistry, and quantum materials.<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2013<em>C\u2019ontra regulas, sed cum ratione<\/em><\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">We translate quantum calculations into chemical models to explain long-standing and modern problems in chemistry, understanding how electrons move and behave within molecules. This approach aims to predict and accelerate the discovery of functional molecules and materials, pushing their chemistry into \u201crule-violating\u201d regimes.<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>\u2013Scientia et usu mutuo augentur<\/em><\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">We actively collaborate with experimental groups with different backgrounds and expertise. We believe that the progress in chemistry lies in the synergy between computation and experiment. We also build strategic partnerships with industry, with an emphasis on sustainable solutions to real-world chemical challenges.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Feel free to contact us if you have any challenging chemical problems in your lab.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf10b67 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bf10b67\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0151289 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0151289\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Group webpage<\/strong>:<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">http:\/\/www.jalifejacobogroup.com<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Social Media<\/strong><br \/>Twitter: @SaidJalife<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">LinkedIn: Said Jalife<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Google Scholar<\/strong><br \/>https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=KoSpTw0AAAAJ&amp;hl=en<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Said Jalife Jacobo Assistant Professor of ChemistryUniversity of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus (UPR-RP) Department of ChemistryOffice Location: CN-333.Phone: 787-764-0000 Ext. 88529email: said.jalife@upr.edu The Jalife-Jacobo Group: \u2013Per curiositatem ad scientiam We are a curiosity-driven computational research group combining quantum chemistry, artificial intelligence, and physical chemistry principles for the rational &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4049","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4049"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4053,"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4049\/revisions\/4053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}