World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists

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World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists
AbbreviationWATOC
Formation1982[1]
Purposepromoting the field of theoretical and computational chemistry[2]
President
Peter Gill
Websitewatoc.net

The World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists (WATOC) is a scholarly association founded in 1982 "in order to encourage the development and application of theoretical methods" in chemistry, particularly theoretical chemistry and computational chemistry.[1] It was originally called the World Association of Theoretical Organic Chemists,[1] but was later renamed the World Association of Theoretically Oriented Chemists,[3] and in 2005 renamed once more to the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists.[1]

Conferences

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WATOC organizes a triennial world congress with over 1,000 participants in last years.[1][4]

# Name Date Year City Country Organizer
1 WATOC-1987 August 12–18 1987 File:The building of the Hungarian Parliament (10890208584).jpg Budapest Hungary Imre Csizmadia
2 WATOC-1990 July 8–14 1990 File:Toronto - ON - CN Tower bei Nacht2.jpg Toronto Canada Imre Csizmadia
3 WATOC-1993 July 18–25 1993 File:Toyohashi City Office.jpg Toyohashi Japan Keiji Morokuma
4 WATOC-1996 July 7–12 1996 File:Skopusberg mit Universitaet.jpg Jerusalem Israel Amiram Goldblum
5 WATOC-1999 August 1–6 1999 File:London Thames Sunset panorama - Feb 2008.jpg London UK Mike Robb
Henry Rzepa
6 WATOC-2002 August 6–9 2002 File:Lugano, aerial view (4526817722).jpg Lugano Switzerland Hans-Peter Lüthi
7 WATOC-2005 January 16–21 2005 File:City bowl.jpg Cape Town South Africa Kevin Naidoo
8 WATOC-2008 September 14–19 2008 File:Sydney skyline at dusk - Dec 2008.jpg Sydney Australia Leo Radom
9 WATOC-2011 July 17–22 2011 File:Lateral do Hostal dos Reis Católicos. Santiago de Compostela.jpg Santiago de Compostela Spain Manuel Yáñez
Otilia Mó
10 WATOC-2014 October 5–10 2014 File:Santiago nocturno 2013.jpg Santiago de Chile Chile Alejandro Toro-Labbé
11 WATOC-2017 August 27 – September 1 2017 File:Germany München Monks.jpg Munich Germany Christian Ochsenfeld
12 WATOC-2020 August 16 – 21 2020 Vancouver-bridge Vancouver Canada Russell J. Boyd
13 WATOC-2025 June 22 – 27 2025 Downtown Oslo Oslo Norway Trygve Helgaker

Awards

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Main article: Schrödinger Medal

The association awards two yearly medals: the Schrödinger Medal to one "outstanding theoretical and computational chemist",[5] and the Dirac Medal to one "outstanding theoretical and computational chemist under the age of 40".[6]

Recipients of the Dirac Medal

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For other prizes named after Paul Dirac, see Dirac Medal.

Source: WATOC

List of presidents

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Presidents of WATOC:[1]

# Name First year Last year
1 Imre Csizmadia, taken in 1987 at the WATOC conference Imre Gyula Csizmadia 1987 1990
2 Paul Schleyer taken in 1987 Paul von Rague Schleyer 1990 1996
3 File:H F Schafer.jpg Henry F. Schaefer, III 1996 2005
4 Leo Radom Leo Radom 2005 2011
5 File:WalterThiel.jpg Walter Thiel 2011 2017
6 File:Peter Gill.jpg Peter Gill 2017 2025
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References

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