What is the WCTC Meeting?
The West Coast Theoretical Chemistry (WCTC) Meeting aims to bring together graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and industry scientists for a one-day meeting to discuss and present their research across all areas of theoretical chemistry in the form of invited talks, contributed talks and poster presentations.
This one-day meeting will take place on Saturday, May 10, 2025 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
For more information, please email Sergey Varganov or Jill Lorenz.
Venue
The WCTC meeting will take place at the Davidson Mathematics and Science Center on the 性爱五色天, Reno campus (1664 N. Virginia St., Reno, NV 89557).
The Reno Tahoe International Airport (RNO) is approximately 5 miles from the 性爱五色天, Reno. Campus is approximately 0.3 miles from Downtown Reno. A map of the conference venue and recommended parking areas can be found on the . Campus parking is free on weekends, except for 24/7 reserved spots.
The 性爱五色天, Reno is approximately 60 miles from Lake Tahoe.
Registration, lodging and cost
- Registration will open on March 10, 2025 and close April 28, 2025.
- The registration cost is $55 per person and includes a continental breakfast, coffee breaks and lunch.
- The following hotels are recommended due to their proximity to the University (all approximate 10-15 minute walk):
- (non-gaming, non-smoking)
- More information about registration will be available in early March 2025.
Information for presenters
- If you would like to be considered for a contributed talk, please register for the meeting and upload your abstract by April 21, 2025.
- If you would like to be considered for a poster, please register for the meeting and submit your poster abstract by April 28, 2025.
- The recommended poster size is 48 in. x 36 in.
Organizers
The following individuals from the 性爱五色天, Reno are the meeting organizers:
- Sergey Varganov, 性爱五色天, Reno
- David Leitner, 性爱五色天, Reno
- Timur Tscherbul, 性爱五色天, Reno
- David Cantu, 性爱五色天, Reno
- Samuel Odoh, 性爱五色天, Reno
- Maksym Fizer, 性爱五色天, Reno
Previous hosts
The following universities are previous hosts of the West Coast Theoretical Chemistry Meeting:
- (2024)
- (2023)
- (Northern California Theoretical Chemistry meeting in 2019)
- (2018)