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Prerna Successfully Defends PhD on Molecular Simulation of Nanoporous Materials
Congratulations to Prerna from the Siepmann group on successfully defending her PhD dissertation today, September 23! Her dissertation, "Nanoporous Materials in Action: Modeling Gas Separation
Prof. Sapna Sarupria Delivers Department of Chemistry Seminar
Prof. Sapna Sarupria delivered her promotion seminar, "Formulations for Biologics: A Tango Between Biomolecules and Solvent Governs Stability." Her talk described how simulations can
Prof. Kade Head-Marsden Receives Outstanding Graduate Education Award
Prof. Kade Head-Marsden was presented with the Department of Chemistry's inaugural Outstanding Graduate Education Award at the department's fall Kick-Off seminar. This award recognized her
Prof. Bartel is awarded a DOE grant through the inaugural Genesis competition
Prof. Bartel is awarded a DOE grant through the inaugural Genesis competition led by the Kortshagen group. (CSE also has something on this: https://cse.umn.edu/college/news/doe-genesis-mission
GenAI & Science at the University of Minnesota
Profs. Sapna Sarupria and Chris Bartel co-organized the Frontiers of GenAI & Science workshop at the University of Minnesota in August 2026, the fourth installment of the Minnesota AI for Science
Prof. Chris Bartel awarded an ARAP-E grant!
Prof. Bartel is awarded an ARPA-E grant through the Magnetic Acceleration Generating New Innovations and Tactical Outcomes(MAGNITO) program led by the Wang group. Congratulations to Chris and the
Midwest Undergraduate Computational Chemistry Consortium
We hosted the Midwest Undergraduate Computational Chemistry Consortium (MU3C) summer conference in July where we had ~30 undergraduate researchers join us here on the University of Minnesota Twin
35th Midwest Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Conference
We hosted the 35th Midwest Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (MTSM) Conference in June where we had ~75 researchers join us here on the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus! There was a
REU students join the CTC for summer research!
We have a cohort of REU students, through both MRSEC and NSF/Lando programs, joining CTC groups this summer! This group includes:
56th Midwest Theoretical Chemistry Conference
We hosted the 56th Midwest Theoretical Chemistry Conference this past weekend where we had over 100 researchers join us here on the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus! There was a lot of UMN
2026 Research Computing Exhibition
Many graduate students from the CTC gave poster presentations at the 2026 Research Computing Exhibition! A few highlights include:
Graduate student awards!
Recently several graduate students from the Chemical Theory Center have been recognized with prestigious awards: