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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
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 |
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| 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 | Sydney | Australia | Leo Radom | |
| 9 | WATOC-2011 | July 17–22 | 2011 | Santiago de Compostela | Spain | Manuel Yáñez Otilia Mó |
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| 10 | WATOC-2014 | October 5–10 | 2014 | Santiago de Chile | Chile | Alejandro Toro-Labbé | |
| 11 | WATOC-2017 | August 27 – September 1 | 2017 | Munich | Germany | Christian Ochsenfeld | |
| 12 | WATOC-2020 | August 16 – 21 | 2020 | Vancouver | Canada | Russell J. Boyd | |
| 13 | WATOC-2025 | June 22 – 27 | 2025 | Oslo | Norway | Trygve Helgak | |
Awards
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
For other prizes named after Paul Dirac, see Dirac Medal.
Source: WATOC
1998: Timothy J. Lee
1999: Peter M. W. Gill
2000: Jiali Gao
2001: Martin Kaupp
2002: Jerzy Cioslowski
2003: Peter Schreiner
2004: Jan Martin
2005: Ursula Röthlisberger
2006: Lucas Visscher
2007: Anna Krylov
2008: Kenneth Ruud
2009: Jeremy Harvey
2010: Daniel Crawford
2011: Leticia González
2012: Paul Ayers
2013: Filipp Furche
2014: Denis Jacquemin
2015: Edward Valeev
2016: Johannes Neugebauer
2017: Francesco Evangelista
2018: Erin Johnson
2019: Satoshi Maeda
2020: Alexandre Tkatchenko
2021: Edit Matyus
2022: Katharina Boguslawski
List of presidents
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 |  |
Walter Thiel | 2011 | 2017 |
| 6 |  |
Peter Gill | 2017 | 2025 |
External links
WATOC home page
References
"WATOC - History". World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists. 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
"WATOC - Home". World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists. 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
For instance, in 2005 it was called "World Association of Theoretically Oriented Chemists" as can be seen in the poster for WATOC-2005 congress: "WATOC-2005. Modelling Structure and Reactivity. 7th World Congress of the World Association of Theoretically Oriented Chemists" (PDF). World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists. 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
"WATOC - Congress". World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists. 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
"WATOC - Schroedinger". World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists. 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
"Dirac - medal". World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists. 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
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