Title: Simulating the quantum world of chemistry with classical computers
Abstract: Why can we simulate quantum systems with classical computers? And what kind of chemical problems can we solve with such simulations? These are the questions I will address in my talk, drawing on examples from molecular spectroscopy, the theory of high temperature superconductors, and the modeling of enzyme reactions.
Bio: I received my degrees at Cambridge University, and have been an assistant professor at Cornell, and was the A Barton Hepburn professor at Princeton, before taking up my position at Caltech in 2016. In 2025 I became Director of Caltech’s Marcus Center in Theoretical Chemistry.
Host: Haoran Chen