Month: October 2024

In October 2024, Hongtao Hu was invited to give a talk in the ICAI2024 conference in Xi’an, China. 

During the conference, scientific exchange with peers at the conference provided valuable feedback and opened new opportunities for future collaborations.

Xi’an, one of China’s most historic cities, has served as the capital for 13 dynasties throughout history. It is a city that combines ancient history with modernity.

On 8th of October, Lorenz started his conference travel to China. As the first stop of his itinerary, he visited Prof. Jin Wen and her research group at Donghua University, Shanghai.

In his presentation, Lorenz talked about his research in performing optical absorption spectroscopy with isolated magnetic fields. After a nice discussion, Lorenz was invited to lunch, where he enjoyed authentic Chinese cuisine 🙂 During his stay in Shanghai, Lorenz got some insight in the local research infrastructure of Donghua University and to the work of the students in the research group of Prof. Jin Wen.

After the stay in Shanghai, Lorenz continued his trip to Qingdao, where the 11th Triennial Congress of the International Society for Theoretical Chemical Physics (ISTCP 2024) took place. Lorenz enjoyed the widespread scientific program, networking, and the vivid exchange with colleagues in the same research direction.

In his poster session, Lorenz had the chance to present his research about “Coupling simulations of spatiotemporal electromagnetic fields with simulations of ultrafast photoinduced dynamics” to many conference participants and could talk to other poster presenters in the two other poster sessions.
At the final day of the conference, Lorenz was awarded the best poster prize, which included a lifetime license for the quantum chemistry program Q-Chem and a money prize. Congratulations!