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November 17, 2022 Bo Chen gave an invited talk (online) titled “Pericyclic Reactions Under Pressure Studied by the Extreme Pressure-polarizable Continuum Model” at CMCC Mechanochemistry Discussions. https://youtu.be/SpgBEYYyvCU

August 30, 2022 Bo Chen gave an oral communication titled “High-pressure reaction profiles and activation volumes of 1,3-cyclohexadiene dimerizations computed by the extreme pressure-polarizable continuum model (XP-PCM)” at the 8th EuChemS Chemistry Congress (ECC8) held in Lisbon, Portugal, August 28 to September 1, 2022.

June 24, 2022 The project Computational High-Pressure Organic Chemistry (PID2021-123573NA-I00), applied to the Spanish Ministry call PID 2021, has been accepted for funding. Congratulations!

June 14, 2022 Ania Rodrigues, currently a Master student at Autonomous University of Madrid, joins the group for two-month summer research. Welcome!

September 16, 2021 Mohammed Loukili, with a Master’s Degree in Molecular Organic Chemistry from Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Morocco, joins the group as a PhD student. Welcome the first PhD candidate in the group!

May 22, 2021 Jorge Cardenas, currently a Master student at University of Bacelona, Spain will be carrying out summer research in the group. Welcome!

January 23, 2021 (updated March 16, 2021) Exploring organic chemistry under pressure with computations The research group of Bo Chen (https://bochengroup.xyz) at the Donostia International Physics Center in San Sebastian, Spain, is looking for one motivated Ph.D. student to join the group in fall 2021. The goal of the project is to develop the field of computational high-pressure organic chemistry. The candidate is expected to work on improving/developing two original computational methods-—the eXtreme Pressure Polarizable Continuum Model (XP-PCM) and the Helium Compression Chamber (HCC) model-–to allow for first-principles calculations to be performed on organic systems under high pressure. ... Read more …