World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists
Abbreviation | WATOC |
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Formation | 1982[1] |
Purpose | promoting the field of theoretical and computational chemistry[2] |
President | Walter Thiel |
Website |
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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 quantum 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]
Conferences
WATOC organizes a triennial world congress with over 1,000 participants in last years.[1][4]
# | Name | Date | Year | City | Country | Organizer | |
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1 | WATOC-1987 | August 12–18 | 1987 | Budapest | Hungary | Imre Csizmadia | |
2 | WATOC-1990 | July 8–14 | 1990 | Toronto | Canada | Imre Csizmadia | |
3 | WATOC-1993 | July 18–25 | 1993 | Toyohashi | Japan | Keiji Morokuma | |
4 | WATOC-1996 | July 7–12 | 1996 | Jerusalem | Israel | Amiram Goldblum | |
5 | WATOC-1999 | August 1–6 | 1999 | London | UK | Mike Robb | |
6 | WATOC-2002 | August 6–9 | 2002 | Lugano | Switzerland | Hans-Peter Lüth | |
7 | WATOC-2005 | January 16–21 | 2005 | Cape Town | South Africa | Kevin Naidoo | |
8 | WATOC-2008 | September 14–19 | 2008 | Sydney | Australia | Leo Radom | |
9 | WATOC-2011 | July 17–22 | 2011 | Santiago de Compostela | Spain | Manuel Yáñez Otilia Mó | |
10 | WATOC-2014 | October 5–10 | 2014 | Santiago de Chile | Chile | Alejandro Toro-Labbé | |
11 | WATOC-2017 | August 27 – September 1 | 2017 | Munich | Germany | Christian Ochsenfeld |
It also organizes numerous smaller conferences on more specialized topics.
Awards
The association awards two yearly medals: the Schrödinger Medal to "outstanding theoretical and computational chemist",[5] and the Dirac Medal to "outstanding theoretical and computational chemist under the age of 40".[6]
List of presidents
Presidents of WATOC:[1]
# | Name | First year | Last year | |
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1 | I. G. Csizmadia | 1987 | 1990 | |
2 | Paul von Rague Schleyer | 1990 | 1996 | |
3 | Henry F. Schaefer, III | 1996 | 2005 | |
4 | Leo Radom | 2005 | 2011 | |
5 | Walter Thiel | 2011 | 2017 |
External links
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "WATOC - History". World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists. 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ↑ "WATOC - Home". World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists. 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "WATOC - Congress". World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists. 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ↑ "WATOC - Schroedinger". World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists. 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ↑ "Dirac - medal". World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists. 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.