2023 West Coast Theoretical Chemistry Meeting

Date: Saturday, May 6, 2023

About the Meeting

The West Coast Theoretical Chemistry Meeting at UC Davis aims to bring together graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty, and industry scientists for a 1-day meeting to discuss and present their research across all areas of theoretical chemistry in the form of talks and posters.  This is the third meeting of an annual series of meetings that has previously taken place at Stanford University and UC Berkeley.  This meeting was originally scheduled for May 2, 2020 but was postponed due to COVID-19.

Confirmed Invited Speakers

Ken Houk, University of California Los Angeles

Anna Krylov, University of Southern California

Robert Lucchese, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Marina Guenza, University of Oregon

Hrant Hratchian, University of California Merced

Martin Head-Gordon, University of California Berkeley

Meeting Location

Walker Hall, Rooms 1310 and 1320

Meeting Schedule

8:00 – 9:00 : Breakfast and Welcome

Morning Session

9:00 – 9:40 : Ken Houk, UC Los Angeles
"Allowed and Forbidden Adventures with Pericyclic Reactions"

9:40 – 10:00 : Contributed Talk 1

10:00 – 10:40 : Anna Krylov, University of Southern California
"Molecules and x-rays: Advances in experimental techniques drive theoretical developments"

10:40 – 11:10 : Coffee Break

11:10 – 11:50 : Robert Lucchese, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Resonances and Time Delays in Molecular Photoemissioon

11:50 – 12:10 : Contributed Talk 2

Lunch & Poster Session

12:10 – 2:30 : Lunch and Poster Session

Afternoon Session

2:30 – 3:10 : Marina Guenza, University of Oregon
"Bridging Theory and Applications: Advancements in Coarse-Graining for Macromolecular Simulations"

3:10 – 3:30 : Contributed Talk 3

3:30 – 4:00 : Coffee Break

4:00 – 4:40 : Hrant Hratchian, UC Merced
Talk Title TBA

4:40 – 5:00 : Contributed Talk 4

5:00 – 5:40 : Martin Head-Gordon, UC Berkeley
Talk Title TBA

Organizers

Lee-Ping Wang

C. William McCurdy

Chenchen Song

Alexei Stuchebrukhov

Dean Tantillo

Contact us

Please direct inquires via email to Lee-Ping Wang (leeping@ucdavis.edu) and Katrina Miranda (katmiranda@ucdavis.edu).