The CMM models molecules, materials and processes at the nanoscale by bringing together physicists, chemists, (bio-)engineers and stimulating collaborations across disciplines. We strongly believe in multidisciplinary collaboration to achieve scientific excellence. We work on timely applications to develop materials for clean energy applications, sustainable chemical processes and nanosensors to provide clean air and biopharmaceuticals.
The Center for Molecular Modeling is a multidisciplinary research center that focuses on frontier research in three main application areas: operando modeling of functional nanoporous materials, solid-state materials design and bio- and organic chemistry. As we aim to understand the macroscopic behavior starting from the atomic and molecular scale, the research is founded on fundamental research in following areas: many-particle physics, spectroscopy and model/software development. Since our foundation in 2000 we achieved a worldwide leading position in molecular modeling on various applications.
The research is performed in close collaboration with various partners at the UGent, in Flanders and internationally. There is a strong synergy between our various research cells, stimulating interdisciplinary research. In addition the presence of physicists, chemists and engineers in the same Center is an ideal mixture to interchange ideas and to give mutual support. We actively develop new models which are implemented in open software programs [ https://molmod.ugent.be/software ], we also actively contributed to major program packages in the field of molecular modeling (Gaussian, ADF, MOLPRO, CHARMM, CPMD, CP2K, Orca, VASP, Schrödinger, …).