Quantum Theory Project

Quantum Theory Project is the world's largest research center for theory, modelling, and computation of complex, novel molecular and materials systems. We focus on the subtle, profound interplay of chemical, physical, and biological realism, develop quantum mechanical methods, and implement them in innovative software. Founded in 1960 by Prof. Per-Olov Lowdin, we operate the world-renowned Sanibel Symposia. QTP is the home editorial office of International Journal of Quantum Chemistry and an editorial office of the Journal of Physical Chemistry and of Computer Physics Communications. Our current co-directors are Erik Deumens and Kennie Merz. We are an institute of the Depts. of Physics and Chemistry of the University of Florida.

News & Announcements

• June 1, 2009
  Prof. Kennie Merz is Visiting Professor at the Ecole Polytechnique for the summer of 2009.
• June 1, 2009
  Prof. Rod Bartlett presents the Lowdin lecture at the University of Uppsala on June 12, 2009.
• May 21, 2009
  Prof. Rod Bartlett received the S F Boys-A Rahman Award for "pioneering development and applications of the coupled-cluster theory of quantum chemistry" from the Royal Academy of Chemistry of the United Kingdom.
• May 19, 2009
  Prof. So Hirata has been promoted to Associate Professor and has received tenure.
• May 19, 2009
  Prof. Adrian Roitberg received tenure; he was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in 2004.
• Professor So Hirata receives Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award.
  Assistant Professor So Hirata is a recipient of the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, a prestigious award given to talented young faculty in chemical sciences with the promise of continuing outstanding contributions to both research and teaching. The award provides an unrestricted research grant of $75,000 in support of Hirata's research on the developments and applications of predictive electronic and vibrational many-body methods for molecules and macromolecules. Hirata joined the University of Florida faculty in 2004. His research has also been supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. National Science Foundation, and the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund.
• Professor Kenneth Merz named Colonel Allan R. and Margeret G. Crow Term Professor
  Professor Kenneth Merz is named Colonel Allan R. and Margeret G. Crow Term Professor for the year 2009-2010 in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in recognition of demontrated excellence in scholarship, teaching, ans service.
• Professor Rodney Bartlett named University of Florida Research Foundation Term Professor
• After long preparation the change in the network infrastructure in the New Physics building with associated change in the telephone system to VoIP (Coice over Internet Protocol) will happen during the month of June 2009. More details about the changes can be found on the Slater Laboratory home page.
• Rod Bartlett, So Hirata, and Erik Deumens speak in the Advancing Computational Chemistry through High-Performance Computing: From the Workstation to Petascale and Beyond: Michael Dewar Memorial Symposium in the 2009 ACS March meeting in Salt Lake City.
• Yilin Meng, graduate student in Adrian Roitberg's group, received the Fall 2009 ACS/CCG Excellence Graduate Student Travel Award from the COMP group of the American Chemical Society at the ACS March Meeting March 22-26, 2009 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
• Mehrnoosh Arrar, undergraduate student doing research with Adrian Roitberg, received a 2009 Goldwater Scholarship
• Chao Cao, recent PhD graduate from QTP, received the Nicholas Metropolis Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis in Computational Physics for his thesis done under the guidance of Hai-PingCheng.
• In February, Rod Bartlett visited the New Zealand Institute of Advanced Studies and lectured during his three-week stay. He is a member of the Advisory Board.
• QTP presents the 2009 Löwdin Lecture Series
  This year's Löwdin lecturer is Professor Martin Head-Gordon from the University of California, Berkeley, visiting from Jan 20 through Jan 23, 2009. He will present two lectures as part of his visit. Program (PDF)
• So Hirata recieves NSF CAREER award
  Assistant Professor So Hirata has received funding from National Science Foundation's most prestigious award for junior faculty, the NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. The CAREER teacher-scholars are selected on the basis of creative, career-development plans that will effectively integrate research and education within the context of the mission of their institution. Hirata joined the University of Florida faculty in 2004. His research has also been supported by the U.S. Department of Energy and American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund.
• Adrian Roitberg's work, "Pathways to Prevention", was recently featured in Access, a publication from the University of Illinois.
• Chao Cao doctoral student with Prof. Cheng, has received the 2009 Metropolis Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Work in Computational Physics This award is organized by the APS and the award will be presented at the 2009 March Meeting of the American Physical Society. See the announcement on the APS website for more details

Events

• 49th Sanibel Symposium will be held at the King & Prince Beach & Golf Resort in St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA on Feburary 26 - Mar 3, 2009

More on the Quantum Theory Project

Address: 2234 New Physics Building #92 PO Box 118435 Gainesville, FL 32611-8435 Phone: Fax: (352) 392-1597 (352) 392-8722 E-mails: "lastname" qtp ufl edu

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