- Ramon Miranda Quintana
University of Florida - Diptarka Hait
University of California, Berkeley
- Nicholas Chilton
University of Manchester - Alba Cervera-Lierta
University of Toronto
- Martin Head-Gordon
University of California, Berkeley and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Patrick Ayotte
Université Sherbrooke - Joonho Lee
Columbia University
Ayotte: “Rotranslational dynamics under confinement and their impact on water’s ortho-para nuclear spin isomer interconversion mechanisms and rates”
Lee: “Challenges in quantum chemistry beyond the electronic ground state”
- Toby Zeng
York University - Heide Ibrahim
Institut national de la recherche scientifique
Zeng: “TBD”
Ilbrahim: “A molecular road movie – capturing roaming fragments in real time“
- Iwan Moreels
Ghent University - Joshua Hollet
University of Winnipeg
Hollet: “Correlated electron motion: much to learn, much to gain”
Moreels: “Materials design of 2D colloidal nanocrystals: toward highly fluorescent emitters across the visible spectrum.”
- Bess Vlaisavljevich
University of South Dakota - Mathieu Frenette
Université du Québec à Montréal
Vlaisavljevich: “Electronic structure and oxidation state in copper catalysts”
Frenette: Exploring reactive intermediates in (photo)redox chemistry
- Joshua Pottel
Molecular Forecaster Inc. - Peter Limacher
SAP Security Research
Pottel: “From PhD to CEO: kickstarting Molecular Forecaster and supporting research”
Limacher: “How a strong background in quantum mechanics can boost your career in a software company.“
- Jennifer van Wijngaarden
University of Manitoba - Leanne Chen
University of Guelph
Wijngaarden: “Exploring conformational landscapes using rotational spectroscopy fingerprints”
Chen: “Ni-based Materials for Electrochemical Ammonia Oxidation”
- Vladimir K. Michaelis
University of Alberta - Michael Schuurman
National Research Council Canada
Michaelis: “Approaching Exact Quantum Chemistry by Stochastic Wave Function Sampling and Deterministic Coupled-Cluster Computations”
Schuurman: “Directing Dynamics at Conical Intersections”
- Piotr Piecuch
Michigan State University - Scott Hopkins
University of Waterloo
Piecuch: “Approaching Exact Quantum Chemistry by Stochastic Wave Function Sampling and Deterministic Coupled-Cluster Computations”
Hopkins: “Understanding and Applying Differential Ion Mobility”
- Anja Röder
University of Ottawa/NRC - Gabriel dos Passos Gomes
University of Toronto
Röder: “Exciting molecules and following their dynamics with time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy”
dos Passos Gomes: “Machine Learning Dihydrogen Activation in the Chemical Space Surrounding Vaska’s Complex”
- Katarzyna Pernal
Lodz University of Technology, Poland - Bradley J. Siwick
McGill University
Pernal: “Dynamic Electron Correlation for Multireference Problems”
Siwick: “Shining New Light on the Control and Understanding of Material Properties”
- Pawel Tecmer
Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland - Pat Clancy
McMaster University
Tecmer: “Electron correlation effects in complex electronic structures from the pCCD model and beyond”
Clancy: “Spin‐orbit driven ground states in Iridium‐based quantum materials”
- Stacey Wetmore
University of Lethbridge - Zoya Leonenko
University of Waterloo
Wetmore: “Computer Modeling of DNA Repair”
Leonenko: “Biophysical study of Alzheimer’s disease”
- Erin Johnson
Dalhousie University - Lewis Kay
University of Toronto
Hosted by Ryan MacDonell, University of Sydney
Johnson: “Dispersion Interactions in DFT and Application to Molecular Crystal-Structure Prediction”
Kay: “Seeing the invisible by solution NMR spectroscopy”