14TH ANNUAL MERCURY CONFERENCE ON UNDERGRADUATE COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY
July 23-25, 2015
BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY
Lewisburg, PA
Mainstays of the conference include six speakers who present excellent talks that provide background and specific findings in their respective fields, plus an undergraduate poster session and evening social networking events. This conference is an excellent forum for undergraduates to present their work and to learn from experts in the field, allowing them to put their own research into perspective. It is equally valuable as a networking event for faculty working with undergraduates. Undergraduates from all types of institutions are invited to come present their work. Students who have graduated from college and have not begun their graduate work are also invited to present. Graduate students and postdoctoral associates may attend and will have the opportunity to learn how professors work effectively with undergraduate research students.
Speakers
This year’s speakers were:
Qiaolin Deng
Merck Pharmaceuticals
Title: Molecular Modeling and Rational Drug Design
Niri Govind
Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL)
Title: Valence and Core-Level Excited State Studies of Molecular Complexes and Materials
Elena Jakubikova
North Carolina State University
Title: Toward Computational Design of Iron-Based Chromophores for Solar Energy Conversion
Daniel Lambrecht
University of Pittsburgh
Title: Efficient Electronic Structure Approaches for Organic & Nano Materials
Joan-Emma Shea
University of California at Santa Barbara
Title: Effect of surfaces in modulating protein folding and aggregation mechanisms
Greg Tschumper
University of Mississippi
Title: Getting Down to the Fundamentals of Hydrogen Bonding with Convergent Quantum Chemistry