Local Organisers
Invited Speakers
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Roi Baer is a theoretical chemist developing quantum-based computational methods to study energy-efficient molecular processes, with recent research focusing on charge carrier dynamics in nanocrystals and polymers.
Eberhard K. U. Gross is a theoretical physicist renowned for his foundational work in time-dependent density functional theory, including the Runge–Gross theorem, and his research spans quantum many-body systems, nonadiabatic dynamics, and superconductivity.
Schapiro develops and applies computational methods—particularly QM/MM approaches—to study light-driven reactions in biological systems, with additional contributions to multiconfigurational quantum chemistry software.
Tamar Stein is a theoretical chemist specializing in quantum chemistry method development, with research experience spanning Rice University, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, and collaborations with the NASA Astrobiology Institute.
University of Vienna
Georg Kresse is a leading expert in computational materials physics, best known for developing the VASP code and advancing ab initio methods for condensed matter systems.
Christoph Dellago develops simulation methods to study rare events and dynamical processes in condensed matter systems, including phase transitions, biomolecular folding, and nanocrystal self-assembly.
Sebastian Mai investigates complex problems in photochemistry, photophysics, and spectroscopy by modeling electronic structure and nonadiabatic dynamics, and leads the development of the SHARC code as well as the iStOMPS project on magnetic-field-only electronic spectroscopy.
Johannes Dietschreit combines statistical thermodynamics and machine learning to study photochemical reactions, with a focus on enhanced sampling, differentiable simulations, and the computation of free energy and entropy profiles.
Eduarda Sangiogo Gil develops and implements nonadiabatic dynamics methods to simulate photochemical processes, with additional research focused on applying quantum algorithms in this context.