Abbreviation | WATOC |
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Formation | 1982 [1] |
Purpose | promoting the field of theoretical and computational chemistry [2] |
President | Peter Gill |
Website |
watoc |
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]
WATOC organizes a triennial world congress with over 1,000 participants in last years. [1] [4]
# | Name | Date | Year | City | Country | Organizer | |
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1 | WATOC-1987 | August 12–18 | 1987 |
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Budapest | Hungary | Imre Csizmadia |
2 | WATOC-1990 | July 8–14 | 1990 |
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Toronto | Canada | Imre Csizmadia |
3 | WATOC-1993 | July 18–25 | 1993 |
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Toyohashi | Japan | Keiji Morokuma |
4 | WATOC-1996 | July 7–12 | 1996 |
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Jerusalem | Israel | Amiram Goldblum |
5 | WATOC-1999 | August 1–6 | 1999 |
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London | UK |
Mike Robb Henry Rzepa |
6 | WATOC-2002 | August 6–9 | 2002 |
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Lugano | Switzerland | Hans-Peter Lüthi |
7 | WATOC-2005 | January 16–21 | 2005 |
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Cape Town | South Africa | Kevin Naidoo |
8 | WATOC-2008 | September 14–19 | 2008 |
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Sydney | Australia | Leo Radom |
9 | WATOC-2011 | July 17–22 | 2011 |
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Santiago de Compostela | Spain | Manuel Yáñez Otilia Mó |
10 | WATOC-2014 | October 5–10 | 2014 |
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Santiago de Chile | Chile | Alejandro Toro-Labbé |
11 | WATOC-2017 | August 27 – September 1 | 2017 |
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Munich | Germany | Christian Ochsenfeld |
12 | WATOC-2020 | August 16 – 21 | 2020 |
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Vancouver | Canada | Russell J. Boyd |
13 | WATOC-2025 | June 22 – 27 | 2025 |
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Oslo | Norway | Trygve Helgaker |
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]
Source: WATOC
Presidents of WATOC: [1]
# | Name | First year | Last year | |
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1 |
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Imre Gyula Csizmadia | 1987 | 1990 |
2 |
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Paul von Rague Schleyer | 1990 | 1996 |
3 |
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Henry F. Schaefer, III | 1996 | 2005 |
4 |
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Leo Radom | 2005 | 2011 |
5 |
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Walter Thiel | 2011 | 2017 |
6 |
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Peter Gill | 2017 | 2025 |
Abbreviation | WATOC |
---|---|
Formation | 1982 [1] |
Purpose | promoting the field of theoretical and computational chemistry [2] |
President | Peter Gill |
Website |
watoc |
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]
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 |
![]() |
Budapest | Hungary | Imre Csizmadia |
2 | WATOC-1990 | July 8–14 | 1990 |
![]() |
Toronto | Canada | Imre Csizmadia |
3 | WATOC-1993 | July 18–25 | 1993 |
![]() |
Toyohashi | Japan | Keiji Morokuma |
4 | WATOC-1996 | July 7–12 | 1996 |
![]() |
Jerusalem | Israel | Amiram Goldblum |
5 | WATOC-1999 | August 1–6 | 1999 |
![]() |
London | UK |
Mike Robb Henry Rzepa |
6 | WATOC-2002 | August 6–9 | 2002 |
![]() |
Lugano | Switzerland | Hans-Peter Lüthi |
7 | WATOC-2005 | January 16–21 | 2005 |
![]() |
Cape Town | South Africa | Kevin Naidoo |
8 | WATOC-2008 | September 14–19 | 2008 |
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Sydney | Australia | Leo Radom |
9 | WATOC-2011 | July 17–22 | 2011 |
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Santiago de Compostela | Spain | Manuel Yáñez Otilia Mó |
10 | WATOC-2014 | October 5–10 | 2014 |
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Santiago de Chile | Chile | Alejandro Toro-Labbé |
11 | WATOC-2017 | August 27 – September 1 | 2017 |
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Munich | Germany | Christian Ochsenfeld |
12 | WATOC-2020 | August 16 – 21 | 2020 |
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Vancouver | Canada | Russell J. Boyd |
13 | WATOC-2025 | June 22 – 27 | 2025 |
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Oslo | Norway | Trygve Helgaker |
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]
Source: WATOC
Presidents of WATOC: [1]
# | Name | First year | Last year | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
![]() |
Imre Gyula Csizmadia | 1987 | 1990 |
2 |
![]() |
Paul von Rague Schleyer | 1990 | 1996 |
3 |
![]() |
Henry F. Schaefer, III | 1996 | 2005 |
4 |
![]() |
Leo Radom | 2005 | 2011 |
5 |
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Walter Thiel | 2011 | 2017 |
6 |
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Peter Gill | 2017 | 2025 |