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West Coast Theoretical Chemistry Meeting 2025

The 91·çÃùÄñ³ª hosted the fifth annual West Coast Theoretical Chemistry (WCTC) Meeting on Saturday, May 10, 2025. The WCTC meeting brought together graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and industry scientists for a one-day meeting to discuss and present their research across all areas of theoretical chemistry in the form of invited talks, contributed talks and poster presentations. 

What is the WCTC Meeting?

Chemistry at the 91·çÃùÄñ³ªThe West Coast Theoretical Chemistry (WCTC) Meeting brought together graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and industry scientists for a one-day meeting to discuss and present their research across all areas of theoretical chemistry in the form of invited talks, contributed talks and poster presentations. 

This one-day meeting took place on Saturday, May 10, 2025 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

For more information, please email Sergey Varganov or Jill Lorenz.

Venue

The WCTC meeting took place at the Davidson Mathematics and Science Center on the 91·çÃùÄñ³ª campus (1664 N. Virginia St., Reno, NV 89557).

The Reno Tahoe International Airport (RNO) is approximately 5 miles from the 91·çÃùÄñ³ª. Campus is approximately 0.3 miles from Downtown Reno. A map of the conference venue and recommended parking areas can be found on the . Campus parking is free on weekends, except for 24/7 reserved spots.

The 91·çÃùÄñ³ª is approximately 60 miles from Lake Tahoe. 

Explore the venue on the Around Campus webpage

Registration, lodging and cost

  • Registration opened on March 10, 2025 and closed April 28, 2025.
  • The registration cost was $55 per person and included a continental breakfast, coffee breaks and lunch. 
  • The following hotels are recommended due to their proximity to the University (all approximate 10-15 minute walk):
    • (non-gaming, non-smoking)

Invited speakers

  • Anastassia Alexandrova, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Tim Zuehlsdorff, Oregon State University
  • Matthias Heyden, Arizona State University
  • Anne McCoy, University of Washington
  • Oleg Prezhdo, University of Southern California 
  • Robert Parrish, QC Ware

Poster winners

First Place

Jackson Elowitt, University of Utah
Electron density transport during chemical reactions

Second Place

Marco Hernandez, California State University, Fullerton
Excited state anti-aromaticity relief as a quantitative descriptor of photobasicity

Third Place

Sourav Majumdar, University of California, Irvine
Mechanism of the non-Kasha fluorescence in pyrene

Organizers

The following individuals from the 91·çÃùÄñ³ª are the meeting organizers:

  • Sergey Varganov, 91·çÃùÄñ³ª
  • David Leitner, 91·çÃùÄñ³ª
  • Timur Tscherbul, 91·çÃùÄñ³ª
  • David Cantu, 91·çÃùÄñ³ª
  • Samuel Odoh, 91·çÃùÄñ³ª
  • Maksym Fizer, 91·çÃùÄñ³ª

Previous hosts

The following universities are previous hosts of the West Coast Theoretical Chemistry Meeting:

  • (2024)
  • (2023)
  • (Northern California Theoretical Chemistry meeting in 2019)
  • (2018)