Laura E. Fernandez is a Postdoctoral Associate at the University of Minnesota in Donald G. Truhlar’s research group. She is also a member and Scientific Coordinator for the Inorganometallic Catalyst Design Center. She received her Ph.D. from Penn State working for Sharon Hammes-Schiffer as part of the Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis in 2013. Her current research focuses on force field development for metal-organic frameworks and computational investigations of atomic layer deposition in metal-organic frameworks.