John Herbert Awarded Diversity Enhancement Faculty Award

Congratulations to Q-Chem developer and board member Prof. John Herbert on receiving the 2024-2025 Diversity Enhancement Faculty Award! The award recognizes the outstanding accomplishments of faculty at The Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences whose research, teaching, and outreach efforts promote a culture of diversity, inclusivity, and equity. You can read the official… Read More

Upcoming Q-Chem User Workshop: Pittsburgh

Join us in Pittsburgh for our next Q-Chem User Workshop, happening on July 23 from 9:00 AM—1:00 PM. Register here!

This Q-Chem User Workshop will feature talks from Q-Chem team members, as well as hands-on demonstrations and exercises. Explore new features, hear from experts, and learn useful strategies for running fast, accurate ab initio quantum chemistry… Read More

Upcoming Webinar: Nuclear–Electronic Orbital ab initio Wave Function Methods in Q-Chem

Don't miss our next Q-Chem webinar, Nuclear–Electronic Orbital ab initio Wave Function Methods in Q-Chem, happening on July 17th at 10AM PDT. Register here!

Nuclear quantum effects such as zero-point energy and hydrogen tunneling play important roles in chemical and biological processes. The nuclear–electronic orbital (NEO) approach… Read More

Q-Chem Developer Thomas Jagau Receives CMOA Award

Congratulations to Q-Chem developer Prof. Thomas Jagau on receiving the Promising Scientist Prize of Centre de Mechanique Ondulatoire Appliquée at the QSCP-XXVI International Workshop in Paris, France!

Prof. Jagau is recognized for his ongoing contributions to the field of quantum chemistry, particularly his work with metastable states and development of novel methods for studying non-Hermitian quantum chemistry. Most of his… Read More

Justin Talbot — 2025 Besley Award Winner

The winner of the 2025 Nick Besley Award is Prof. Justin Talbot! The award committee is delighted to recognize him for his excellent contributions towards the computational vibrational spectroscopy of hydrated ions and the development of efficient methods for nonadiabatic dynamics simulations in Q-Chem.

Prof. Talbot earned his BS in physics and applied mathematics and his PhD in physical chemistry at the University of Utah, where he worked with Prof. Ryan Steele in applications and… Read More

Mathew Chow — 2025 Wormit Award Winner

The winner of the 2025 Michael Wormit Award is Mathew Chow! He is recognized for his outstanding work as a Q-Chem developer, particularly his work developing nuclear-electronic orbital (NEO) methods for studying nuclear quantum effects in molecular systems.

Mathew is currently pursuing a PhD in Prof. Sharon Hammes-Schiffer's group at Princeton University. He has made many valuable contributions to the NEO code in Q-Chem, including new implementations of multiscale approaches such as… Read More

Q-Chem Developers Elected To WATOC Board

Congratulations to Q-Chem developers Shirin Faraji, Roi Baer, and Andreas Dreuw on being elected to the board of the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists (WATOC)! We are thrilled to have these researchers as part of our community and excited to see their ongoing contributions to the field of… Read More

Virtual Q-Chem User Workshop

Recordings from our recent Q-Chem User Workshop (held virtually on June 11, 2025) are now available! This free workshop, hosted in collaboration with the Virtual Winter School in Computational Chemistry and OMSF, provided an introduction to several basic features within the Q-Chem software package. It included several hands-on exercises using IQmol, Q-Chem's free molecule visualizer and job server.

Thanks to all of you for making this workshop a… Read More

Q-Chem 6.3 Is Now Available!

Q-Chem is pleased to announce the release of Q-Chem 6.3! New features include new analysis tools; new methods for open-shell species, high-accuracy calculations, and inclusion of solvent and environmental effects; a sophisticated new "robust SCF" procedure; and many other features and performance improvements. For a full list of new features and bugfixes, please review the official Q-Chem 6.3 release log here.

Users… Read More

2025 Q-Chem User Workshop (May 22)

Join us in Tokyo for our first 2025 Q-Chem User Workshop, happening on May 22 from 1:30—5:00 PM. Register here!

This Q-Chem User Workshop will feature talks from Q-Chem board members Anna Krylov and Martin Head-Gordon, as well as hands-on demonstrations and exercises. Explore new features, hear from experts, and learn practical strategies for running fast, accurate ab… Read More