The Friday Morning Lectures (FMLs) are an initiative to increase the interconnectivity between the researchers at the CMM. It offers a platform where colleagues can present their work, introduce interesting papers or ask creative input in solving challenging research questions. These regular FMLs usually start at 11h45 on Friday and feature a presentation of 15 minutes tops, with a possibility to ask questions afterwards, which can lead to fruitful discussions and novel insights. These presentations can be found on the CMM OwnCloud (https://molmod.ugent.be/owncloud/index.php/s/dPGMdznnNbsx6Zy). On regular occasions, we also organize a Training Day, where a topic of broad interest for the entire CMM is presented during an interactive tutorial.
The program for the academic year 2021-2022 is as follows:
- Friday 24/09: Toon: Polarization catastrophe in polarizable force fields: Strong conditions for damped interactions
- Friday 01/10: Sander Vandenhaute: "A physicist and a mathematician walk into a bar..."
- Friday 08/10: Reza: The coming era of structure prediction: the case of Alphafold
- Friday 29/10: Mieke: A little introduction on cement chemistry
- Friday 05/11: Jenna: Role of component identity in the behavior and modification of photoactive MOFs
- Tuesday 09/11: Jos: Modelling Space Radiation Impact on Solar Cells via Molecular Dynamics
- Friday 19/11: Jelle: A Simple Model for Hydrated Silicate Ionic Liquids: Towards a Better Understanding of Zeolite Formation
- Friday 18/02: Ruben & Massimo: An accurate quantum investigation of proton hopping in zeolites enabled by machine learning potentials
- Friday 25/02: Liesbeth: Investigating Co2+-aquacomplexes: A first step to unravel the nucleation process of ZIFs
- Friday 04/03: Louis: An Introduction to ThermoLIB: How to get rid of all your thermodynamic problems!
- Friday 11/03: Reza: An introduction to ligand docking: theory and practice
- Friday 01/04: Kuber: Z-scheme Photoelectrochemical Cell for Overall Water Splitting
- Thursday 21/04: Klaas Gunst: QSimulate
- Friday 29/04: Tom: Determining the phase transition temperature of CsPbI3 via RPA calculations and machine learning potentials
- Friday 06/05: Vic: Implementation of a dual model cDFT to efficiently calculate adsorption properties of nanoporous materials
- Friday 13/05: Pieter: Divide and conquer: how finite molecular clusters can pave the way towards larger length scales
- Friday 20/05: Loïc: A reactive force field for alumina systems
- Tuesday 24/05: Maarten, Sander & Ruben: Quantum Chemical Accuracy without Quantum Chemistry