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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. In addition, the candidate is expected to apply the above two computational methods to the investigations of the validity of Woodward-Hoffmann rules under high pressure and the effect of pressure on stereoselectivity in organocatalysis. ... Read more …