Fall 2020 Schedule

This semester the seminar will be conducted online Thursdays at 12:30-1:30 via Zoom

Some possible papers for discussion are collected in the googledocs folder: (link) Some guidelines for preparing a talk are given in the googledoc: (link)

Please contact N. Holzwarth to add or change schedule (or use equivalent shared googledoc).

• September 10, 2020 -- Informal organizational meeting
• September 17, 2020 -- Discussion of r2SCAN exchange-correlations functional and the preprint https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.03374 lead by Natalie Holzwarth
• September 24, 2020 -- Ajay Ram Srimath Kandala -- presenting highlights from two recent publications -- https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.08211 and https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.09218
• October 1, 2020 -- Bill Kerr -- "Response of Bloch Electron Spins to Electric Fields via Spin-Orbit Coupling"
• October 8, 2020 -- Saif Ullah -- "Designing efficient anode materials for alkali-based batteries"
• October 15, 2020 -- Trevor Jenkins -- "An Analysis of the Reduced Charge Density Gradient and its Effects on Van der Waals Interaction Energies"
• October 22, 2020 -- Yan Li -- "Computational investigation of the structural and electrolyte properties of Li₃BN₂ "
• October 29, 2020 -- Haardik Pandey -- "Defect characterization in UiO-66 MOF using spectroscopy and computational analysis"
• November 5, 2020 -- Surya Timilsina and Cory Lynch
• November 12, 2020 -- Steve Winter -- "Introduction to Quantum Magnetism Part 1"
• November 19, 2020 -- Steve Winter -- "Introduction to Quantum Magnetism Part 2"
• November 26, 2020 -- Thanksgiving
• December 3, 2020 -- Weronika Wolszczak -- “Gamma ray spectroscopy and electronic structure calculations”.