World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists

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World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists
AbbreviationWATOC
Formation1982 [1]
Purposepromoting the field of theoretical and computational chemistry [2]
President
 Peter Gill
Website watoc.net

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]

#NameDateYearCityCountryOrganizer
1WATOC-1987August 12–181987 The building of the Hungarian Parliament (10890208584).jpg Budapest Hungary Imre Csizmadia
2WATOC-1990July 8–141990 Toronto - ON - CN Tower bei Nacht2.jpg Toronto Canada Imre Csizmadia
3WATOC-1993July 18–251993 Toyohashi City Office.jpg Toyohashi Japan Keiji Morokuma
4WATOC-1996July 7–121996 Skopusberg mit Universitaet.jpg Jerusalem Israel Amiram Goldblum
5WATOC-1999August 1–61999 London Thames Sunset panorama - Feb 2008.jpg London UK Mike Robb
Henry Rzepa
6WATOC-2002August 6–92002 Lugano, aerial view (4526817722).jpg Lugano Switzerland Hans-Peter Lüthi
7WATOC-2005January 16–212005 City bowl.jpg Cape Town South Africa Kevin Naidoo
8WATOC-2008September 14–192008 Sydney skyline at dusk - Dec 2008.jpg Sydney Australia Leo Radom
9WATOC-2011July 17–222011 Lateral do Hostal dos Reis Catolicos. Santiago de Compostela.jpg Santiago de Compostela Spain Manuel Yáñez
Otilia Mó
10WATOC-2014October 5–102014 Santiago nocturno 2013.jpg Santiago de Chile Chile Alejandro Toro-Labbé
11WATOC-2017August 27 – September 12017 Germany Munchen Monks.jpg Munich Germany Christian Ochsenfeld
12WATOC-2020August 16 – 212020 Vancouver-bridge.jpg Vancouver Canada Russell J. Boyd
13WATOC-2025June 22 – 272025 Oslo view.jpg Oslo Norway Trygve Helgaker

Awards

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

Source: WATOC

List of presidents

Presidents of WATOC: [1]

#NameFirst yearLast year
1 Imre Csizmadia.jpg Imre Gyula Csizmadia 19871990
2 Paul schleyer.jpg Paul von Rague Schleyer 19901996
3 H F Schafer.jpg Henry F. Schaefer, III 19962005
4 Leo-Radom.jpg Leo Radom 20052011
5 WalterThiel.jpg Walter Thiel 20112017
6 Peter Gill.jpg Peter Gill 20172025

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "WATOC - History". World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists. 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "WATOC - Home". World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists. 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  3. ↑ 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. ↑ "WATOC - Congress". World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists. 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "WATOC - Schroedinger". World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists. 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Dirac - medal". World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists. 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
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