The Molecular Quantum Dynamics Lab (MolQuantDyn Lab) at Haverford College, Department of Physics and Astronomy works on method development and simulations in molecular quantum dynamics. These methods are applied in atmospheric chemistry, astrophysics, combustion and catalysis to address challenging questions.
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May 07, 2024
The members of the QDRG gave research talks on their PhD projects at the EAIFR PhD Seminar Series.
Sosthene, Hervé and Wala presented their research at the EAIFR PhD Seminar Series. Sosthene’s work is entitled: “Development of a Potential Energy Surface for H2O on TiO2 Surface”. Herve’s work is entitled: “Rovibrational States Calculations of the Rigid Rotors H2O-HCN and H2O-H2O: Representation of the Potential Energy Surface and Some Results”. Wala’s work is entitled: “The magnetism of the hematite surface in O₂ adsorption”.
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September 14, 2023
Sosthene visited the group of Prof Fabien Gatti in Orsay, France.
Sosthene spent a 3 months internship at the Institut de Sciences Moleculaires d’Orsay (ISMO) of the Université Paris-Saclay in the team of Prof Fabien Gatti. At ISMO, Sosthene worked on improving his understanding of the MCTDH and applied it to various molecule-surface processes.
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July 13, 2023
Hervé attended the MCTDH Summer School 2023 taking place at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.
Hervé, participated to the MCTDH Summer School 2023 that took place from the 13th to the 17th of July 2023 in Heidelberg, Germany. At the school, the MCTDH method with new developments and applications were discussed.
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July 03, 2023
Hervé visited the group of Prof Fabien Gatti in Orsay, France.
Hervé spent a one month internship at the Institut de Sciences Moleculaires d’Orsay (ISMO) of the Université Paris-Saclay in the team of Prof Fabien Gatti. At ISMO, Hervé worked on improving his understanding of the MCTDH and applied it to various projects.
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June 12, 2023
The members of the QDRG participate to ASESMA 2023 taking place at EAIFR in Kigali, Rwanda.
Sosthene, Hervé, Wala and Steve participated to the 7th African School on Electronic Structure Methods and Applications (ASESMA 2023) workshop taking place in Kigali, Rwanda (EAIFR) and online from the 12th to the 23th of June 2023.
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September 06, 2022
The members of the QDRG participate to the ASQSIS workshop taking place at EAIFR and online.
Sosthene and Wala participated to the week long African School on Quantum Simulation and Quantum Information Science (ASQSIS) workshop taking place in Kigali, Rwanda (EAIFR) and online from the 5th to the 9th of September 2022.
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September 05, 2022
The members of the QDRG participate to the MLCQCDyn workshop taking place in Paris, France.
Steve, Ayda and Hervé participated to the week long workshop on Machine Learning and Quantum Computing for Quantum Molecular Dynamics taking place in Paris, France and online from the 5th to the 9th of September 2022. Steve presented his work with collaborators from France and Germany on the infrared spectroscopy of the water-dimer. Hervé presented his recent results on the spectroscopy of the water-dimer using the MCTDH method.
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August 22, 2022
Steve presents at the Psi-k 2022 conference.
Steve presented our work with collaborators from France and Germany on the infrared spectroscopy of the water-dimer at the Psi-k 2022 conference in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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The Quantum Dynamics Research Group is part of the Condensed Matter Physics Group of the ICTP-East African Institute for Fundamental Research. ICTP-EAIFR is a partner institute of the ICTP and a Category 2 UNESCO institute. It is built from a collaboration between ICTP, the University of Rwanda and the Ministry of Education of Rwanda.