Quantum Theory Project

The Quantum Theory Project was founded in 1960 by Professor Per Olov Löwdin as a group of faculty and researchers dedicated to theoretical developments in quantum mechanics, with emphasis in computational applications to atoms, molecules and extended systems. The group has grown to over 80 members and has a rich history of scientific achievements. The co-directors are Erik Deumens and Kennie Merz. Quantum Theory Project (QTP) is part of the Departments of Physics and Chemistry at the University of Florida.

News & Announcements

• Dr. Muneaki Kamiya, a former postdoctoral researcher of Hirata group, has been appointed Assistant Professor at Gifu University, Japan.
• Mr. Toru Shiozaki (a visiting graduate student in Hirata group) is a recipient of a prestigious JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Fellowship for Young Scientists.
• Mr. Toru Shiozaki's (a visiting graduate student in Hirata group) M.Sc. Thesis has received an *award from the Department of Applied Chemistry, The University of Tokyo.
• So Hirata received the HewLett-Packard Award for outstanding faculty from the computational division of the American Chemical Society in the annual meeting in New Orleans held in April 2008.
• The session of Monday April 7 in the symposium on "Theoretical Spectroscopy" at the national ACS meeting in New Orleans, will be held in honor of Rod Bartlett. Current group members, Ajith Perera, Andrew Taube, and Tom Hughes will speak, along with former group members, Juergen Gauss, John Stanton, and Marcel Nooijen, plus friends Josef Michl, Fritz Schaefer, Daniel Crawford, and Gustavo Scuseria. So Hirata is one of the chairs and a co-organizer of the event. There will also be a dinner that night in Rod's honor, and for the invited speakers at the Symposium. If you would like to attend the latter, please contact So Hirata.
• Lex Kemper has received a fellowship to attend a 2008 summer school on Numerical Methods for Correlated Electronic Systems at Universite de Sherbrooke in Canada. Furthermore, he attended (and got funding from CLAS for) the APS March meeting 2008, where he presented a poster and gave a talk. Last summer, he got a fellowship to attend a summer school on the Theory of Superconductivity in Corsica, France.
• Chun Zhang, a former student in Hai-Ping Cheng's group, has received an offer as an assistant professor of physics and chemistry in the National University of Singapore. He has decided to accept the offer.
• Victor Albert, undergraduate Physics Major student working with Jack Sabin and Frank Harris has won the Goldwater Fellowship.
• Jesicca Ramirez, doing undergraduate research at QTP with Prof. David Micha, is one of three UF Chemistry Undergraduates recently named University Scholars. The University Scholars Program is designed to introduce undergraduate students to the exciting world of academic research. Jessica will spend the coming Summer conducting research on new materials for solar energy capture and conversion, using methods of computational chemistry.
• Andrew Taube received the 2008 John Von Neumann Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Computational Science from the Sandia National Laboratories
• The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation has selected David Micha for an award within its Senior Scientist Mentor Program, stating that it is "based in part on your distinguished research and pedagogical career accomplishments and your commitment to advising and mentoring undergraduate student participants". The award includes $ 20,000 to cover expenses of the mentored students for two years.
• Mao-Hua Du, Ph. D. student of Hai-Ping Cheng is a stuff scientist in Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Yao He, postdoctoral associate with Hai-Ping Cheng, is a full professor of Physics Department, Yunan University, China
• The QTP website started 2008 with a new look that conforms to the UF and CLAS guidelines.

Events

• 48th Sanibel Symposium will be held at the King & Prince Beach & Golf Resort in St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA on Feburary 21 - 26, 2008

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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