Preface

• Main Authors: Brändas, Erkki, Hoffmann, Mark
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Teoretisk kemi 2018
• Subjects: Theoretical Chemistry; Teoretisk kemi; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canada; Grand Forks; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Norway; Orleans
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-369351; https://doi.org/10.1002/qua25517

This volume collects 11 selected papers from the scientific contributions presented at the Ninth Congress of the International Society for Theoretical Chemical Physics (ISTCP-IX), organized by the team led by Professor Mark Hoffmann at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, U.S.A., from July 17 to 22, 2016. The ISTCP-IX Congress in Grand Forks followed the format established at the eight previous meetings: ISTCP-I: Professor Ramon Carbo-Dorca, Girona (Spain), June 28 - July 3, 1993 ISTCP-II: Professor Sean P. McGlynn, New Orleans (LA, USA), April 9 - 13, 1996 ISTCP-III: Professor Miguel Castro, Mexico City (DF, Mexico), November 8 - 13, 1999 ISTCP-IV: Professor Jean Maruani, Marly-le-Roi (Paris, France), July 9 - 16, 2002 ISTCP-V: Professor Peter Politzer, New Orleans (LA, USA), July 20 - 26, 2005 ISTCP-VI : Professor Yan Alexander Wang, Vancouver (BC, Canada), July 19 - 24, 2008 ISTCP-VI I: Professor Hiromi Nakai, Waseda (Tokyo, Japan), September 2 - 8, 2011 ISTCP-VIII: Professor Péter Surján, Eötvös (Budapest, Hungary), August 25 – 31, 2013. The 2016 venue offered the possibility for the approximately 300 participants from 26 countries to join the Congress. Speakers from each of the countries were joined by students from 9 countries. Despite being nearly 2000 km from any sea coast (1200 km, if one counts the Arctic Ocean outlet Hudson Bay), this Congress continued to reflect the strong international characteristics of ISTCP. Countries sending 4 or more delegates include China, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, besides the U.S.A. The International Society for Theoretical Chemical Physics, ISTCP, was founded in 1990 by Professor János Ladik at the University of Erlangen, Germany. ISTCP has the objectives to promote theoretical developments at the frontier between physics and chemistry. Additionally the goal is to allow younger researchers to interact with leading contributors of the field at regularly organized ...