Welcome
Welcome! The Furche group is a diverse one, but we all have one thing
in common: we're crazy about quantum chemistry and love exploring
“what the electrons are really doing in molecules” 1).
(bottom row) Mark Hilkert, Erik P. Almaraz, Jefferson Bates and Rachel Tran
We do more than run calculations; we develop and implement new electronic structure methods. The code we write usually becomes part of Turbomole, a suite of programs with thousands of users worldwide. To learn more about our work head on to our research page or browse our group publication list.
Because method development cannot be learned from books, we spend a lot of time working together and supporting one another. At the same time, most of us have our own pet projects. You can read more about these projects on our member pages. Our alumni move on to positions in large chemical companies or academia.
Scientific collaborations are important to us, whether inside the UCI Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Initiative, in the Department of Chemistry, or with groups throughout the world. We also participate in AirUCI, a multidisciplinary research institute dedicated to understanding and solving issues related to air pollution, climate change, water quality, and green technology.
Don't let the geeky picture fool you; we do fun stuff together outside quantum chemistry. Pictures of some recent highlights (and low points) can be found on our activities page.
If you are interested in joining us, whether as an undergraduate or graduate student, or as a postdoc, please read more on our openings page.
News
| 12/12/2011 |
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- Paper with Evans group describing synthesis and characterization of the first actinide nitrosyl complex featured in this week's C&EN Issue [J. Kemsley, C&EN 89 26 (2011)]
| 10/2011 |
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- Ingolf got his PhD
| 04/2011 |
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- Welcome! Brandon Krull joined our group!
| 01/2011 |
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- Congratulations to Robert Send for graduating and moving on to Germany: BASF SE! We are very proud of you!
- Welcome! Mark Hilkert joined our group.
| 12/2010 |
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- (12.04.2010) Happy Holidays!
| 10/2010 |
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- (10.07.2010) Congratulations to Jefferson Bates for winning our group website banner contest! Thanks to PD Ionut Georgescu of Mandelshtam Group for assisting us with our attempt to update our group photograph.
| 09/2010 |
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Acknowledgements
We would like to acknowledge the following individuals for assisting with the creation of the second version of this website.
- Professor Burke for his advice on domain names
- Will Kitto and Richard North from Physical Sciences Computing Support Group for changing our domain name
- John Snyder from Burke Group for kick starting the new version
- Pei-Hsuan Yang for updating and re-designing the entire group page
1)
Robert S. Mulliken, G. N. Lewis Award Lecture, 1960, published in Vortex 21 (1960), 182.