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Visit Romy Ettlinger

Wednesday 26/02/2025

On February 26, dr. Romy Ettlinger – junior group leader at the Technical University of Munich – visited the Center for Molecular Modeling. Aside from the inspiring discussions we had, she also gave a lecture entitled “Resource Recovery and the Remediation of Water using Porous Composite Materials”.

Visit Laura Gagliardi

Monday 24/02/2025

On Friday February 21, we had the honor to welcome prof. Laura Gagliardi from the University of Chicago, in the frame of her Syensqo Chair in Chemistry by the International Solvay Insitututes. Aside from the inspiring discussions we had, she also gave a lecture entitled “Theory, Computation and Machine Intelligence for Reticular Chemistry".

About our three latest PhDs

Monday 27/01/2025

In the past half year we had three PhD defenses. Underneath you can find a short summary of their PhD research here at CMM.Congratulations again, Juul, Aran and Sander! Juul De VosHigh-Throughput Screening of Covalent Organic Frameworks for Clean Energy Applications – Monday August 26, 2024Supervisors: prof. Veronique Van Speybroeck, prof. Sven Rogge, prof.

Lecture Alexander Tkatchenko

Monday 27/01/2025

On January 22, 2025, prof. Alexander Tkatchenko from the University of Luxembourg visited the Center for Molecular Modeling. Aside from the inspiring scientific discussions we had, he also gave a lecture entitled “Towards AI-enabled Fully Quantum (Bio)Molecular Simulations”.

Sven Rogge verkozen als een van de nieuwe co-voorzitters van de Jonge Academie

Tuesday 21/01/2025

De Jonge Academie heeft Zoë Ghyselinck en Sven Rogge verkozen tot nieuwe voorzitters. Ze nemen vanaf 1 april 2025 de fakkel over van Sandra Van Puy-velde en Bart Vermang, en vervullen hun mandaat tot 31 maart 2027.

The fascinating complexity of aqueous acid catalysis in nanoconfinement

Friday 17/01/2025

Prof. Veronique Van Speybroeck’s research group, embedded in the Center for Molecular Modeling, in collaboration with the groups of Prof. Bert Sels (Center for Sustainable Catalysis and Engineering, KU Leuven) and Prof.

Lecture Venkat Kapil

Thursday 19/12/2024

On November 17-18, 2024, prof. Venkat Kapil from University College London visited the Center for Molecular Modeling. Aside from the inspiring scientific discussions we had, he also gave a lecture entitled "Machine learning for full quantum simulations: understanding the behaviours of confined and water".

New publication in Nature Communications: Water motifs in zirconium metal-organic frameworks induced by nanoconfinement and hydrophilic adsorption sites

Thursday 21/11/2024

While nanoconfinement alters the structure and properties of water, it remains unclear what drives these modifications. In our latest compchem Nature Communications work, we disentangle the importance of nanoconfinement and hydrophilic nucleation sites through a series of zirconium-based MOFs.

Lecture Ambarish Kulkarni

Thursday 07/11/2024

On Thursday November 7, 2024, prof. Ambarish Kulkarni from the University of California visited the Center for Molecular Modeling. Aside from the inspiring scientific discussions we had, he also gave a lecture entitled "Accelerated Design of Functional Materials: Overcoming the "Valley of Death" in Heterogeneous Catalysis".

Lecture Hannes Jónsson

Tuesday 29/10/2024

On Tuesday October 29, 2024, prof. Hannes Jónsson from the University of Iceland visited the Center for Molecular Modeling. He gave a lecture entitled "Calculations of excited electronic states with density functionals made simple, without introducing time-dependence", after which we had inspiring scientific discussions.

Veronique Van Speybroeck wins prestigious Francqui Prize

Wednesday 09/10/2024

May 23, 2024; update October 9, 2024 – The Francqui Prize for Exact Sciences has been awarded to Professor Veronique Van Speybroeck of Ghent University. She has made groundbreaking contributions to the computer modeling of catalysis, which is essential for most chemical processes.

Welcome to our new Master thesis students!

Thursday 03/10/2024

Last Thursday, just before the start of the academic year, we welcomed our new Master thesis students during an introduction session. We wish them an inspiring academic year at Ghent University!

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