OSLO 2025

[ WATOC 2025: June 22–27, Oslo, Norway ]

[ Young WATOC: June 21 ]

 

 

AGENDA

[ Young WATOC Sessions ]

Saturday 21 June

Session One – Chair: Abril Castro

08:45

Opening

Trygve Helgaker and Abril Castro

09:00

Stefan Gugler

Finding molecular minima and transition-states with reverse diffusion

Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

09:20

Miguel Steiner

Differentiable simulations for insight into multi-phase reaction mechanisms

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

09:40

Laura Grazioli

Excited states as critical points of the potential energy surface

École nationale des ponts et chaussées, France

10:00

Nina Glaser

Targeting Excited States on Early Fault Tolerant Quantum Computers

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

10:20

Frank Hu

Accurate and efficient structure elucidation from NMR using artificial intelligence

Stanford University, USA

Session Two – Chair: Thomas Bondo Pedersen

11:10

Fabian Faulstich

A static quantum embedding scheme based on coupled cluster theory

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA

11:30

Marti Gimferrer

On the impact of nuclear quantum effects in intermolecular interactions

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany

11:50

Ji Woong Yu

Investigation of anomalous water dynamics using machine learning force field

Korea Institute For Advanced Study, South Korea

12:10

Madhubanti Mukherjee

Exploring Additives for Crystallization of Halide Perovskites in Solar Cells

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

Session Three – Chair: Michele Cascella

14:10

Marcos Casanova-Páez

Core-Excited States for Open-Shell Systems in Similarity-Transformed Equation-of-Motion Theory

Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Germany

14:30

Torsha Moitra

Real-time methods for light-induced attosecond spectroscopies

Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia

14:50

Ben McLean

Thermodynamics of graft copolymer self-assembly in mixed solvents: Molecular dynamics

RMIT University, Australia

15:10

Róża Okoń

Small-molecule energy carriers for prebiotic metabolism models

Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

15:30

Mariia Ivonina

Decoding SARS‑CoV‑2 Pseudoknot Dynamics: Unraveling Drug Interaction Mechanism

Kyushu University, Japan

Session Four – Chair: Ainara Nova

16:20

Rebecca Tomann

Efficient Extended Tight Binding Implementation with Linear Scaling Algorithms

University of California Berkeley, USA

16:40

Leonardo Dos Anjos Cunha

Photonic observables and QEDFT functionals for strongly coupled light-matter systems

Flatiron Institute, USA

17:00

Sergio Moles Quintero

Exploring Excited-State Aromaticity and Diradical Nature on Singlet Fission

Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

17:20

Enric Petrus

Automated Exploration of Ozonation Reactions for Model Olefins in Water

EAWAG, Switzerland

Congress Chair: Trygve Helgaker

Congress Secretaries: Simen Reine, Erik Tellgren

Young WATOC Chairs: Abril Castro, Ainara Nova

Local Congress Committee: David Balcells, Sigbjørn Løland Bore, Michele Cascella, Abril Castro, Odile Eisenstein, Trygve Helgaker, Simen Kvaal, Ainara Nova, Thomas Bondo Pedersen, Simen Reine, Erik Tellgren, Einar Uggerud

Congress Crew: Morten Ledum (Crew leader), Lucia Moran Gonzalez (Crew leader), Henrique Musseli Cezar (Crew leader), Derya Aricigil, Michael Augello, Lucas Bitencourt Theodoroviez, Marco Bortoli, Klara Elvira Haug Boström, Ning Cao, Aurore Evelyne Francine Denjean, Mohamed Eid Ahmed Safy, Sondre Eliasson, Hanne Jeeyung Eriksen, Håkon R. Fredheim, Miguel Angel Gaona Fernandez, Gabriel Gerez, Hanan Gharayba, Jose Alberto Guerrero Cruz, Helena Hradiska, Catherine Hughes, Hannes Kneiding, Håkon Emil Kristiansen, Manuela Leal Nader, Oliver Macphail Bohle, Daniel Marke, Joel Ormala, Quentin Pitteloud, Mauricio Portolli Franco, Tonje Reinholdt Haugen, Jordan Rio, Inga Schmidtke, Simon Elias Schrader, Oystein Senstad

Congress Organizers: Gyro Conferencewatoc@gyro.no