World_Association_of_Theoretical_and_Computational_Chemists

World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists

World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists

Association of chemists

The World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists (WATOC) is a scholarly association founded in 1982 "in order to encourage the development and application of theoretical methods" in chemistry, particularly theoretical chemistry and computational chemistry.[1] It was originally called the World Association of Theoretical Organic Chemists,[1] but was later renamed the World Association of Theoretically Oriented Chemists,[3] and in 2005 renamed once more to the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists.[1]

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Conferences

WATOC organizes a triennial world congress with over 1,000 participants in last years.[1][4]

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Awards

Main article: Schrödinger Medal

The association awards two yearly medals: the Schrödinger Medal to one "outstanding theoretical and computational chemist",[5] and the Dirac Medal to one "outstanding theoretical and computational chemist under the age of 40".[6]

Recipients of the Dirac Medal

For other prizes named after Paul Dirac, see Dirac Medal.

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  • 1998: Timothy J. Lee
  • 1999: Peter M. W. Gill
  • 2000: Jiali Gao
  • 2001: Martin Kaupp
  • 2002: Jerzy Cioslowski
  • 2003: Peter Schreiner
  • 2004: Jan Martin
  • 2005: Ursula Röthlisberger
  • 2006: Lucas Visscher
  • 2007: Anna Krylov
  • 2008: Kenneth Ruud
  • 2009: Jeremy Harvey
  • 2010: Daniel Crawford
  • 2011: Leticia González
  • 2012: Paul Ayers
  • 2013: Filipp Furche
  • 2014: Denis Jacquemin
  • 2015: Edward Valeev
  • 2016: Johannes Neugebauer
  • 2017: Francesco Evangelista
  • 2018: Erin Johnson
  • 2019: Satoshi Maeda
  • 2020: Alexandre Tkatchenko
  • 2021: Edit Matyus
  • 2022: Katharina Boguslawski
  • 2023: Thomas Jagau

List of presidents

Presidents of WATOC:[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    "WATOC - History". World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists. 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  2. [2]
    "WATOC - Home". World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists. 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
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    For instance, in 2005 it was called "World Association of Theoretically Oriented Chemists" as can be seen in the poster for WATOC-2005 congress: "WATOC-2005. Modelling Structure and Reactivity. 7th World Congress of the World Association of Theoretically Oriented Chemists" (PDF). World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists. 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  4. [4]
    "WATOC - Congress". World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists. 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  5. [5]
    "WATOC - Schroedinger". World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists. 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  6. [6]
    "Dirac - medal". World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists. 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
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