Jiri Vanicek

Teaching & PhD PhD Students Liam Oliver Marsh, Yeha Lee, Davide Barbiero, Yannick Calvino Alonso, Manas Nagda Past EPFL PhD Students Cesare Mollica, Ray Marcel Marin Florez, Marius Wehrle, Aurélien Patoz, Konstantin Karandashev, Tomislav Begusic, Julien Roulet, Seonghoon Choi, Roya Moghaddasi Fereidani, Zhan Tong Zhang, Eriks Kletnieks, Alan Scheidegger, Fabian Kröninger Courses Mathematical methods in chemistry CH-250 This course consists of two parts. The first part covers basic concepts of molecular symmetry and the application of group theory to describe it. The second part introduces Laplace transforms and Fourier series and their use for solving ordinary and partial differential equations in chemistry & c.e. Molecular quantum dynamics CH-453 The course covers several exact, approximate, and numerical methods to solve the time-dependent molecular Schrödinger equation, and applications including calculations of molecular electronic spectra. More advanced topics include introduction to the semiclassical methods and Feynman path integral. Physical Chemistry Seminar 1: Trends CH-643 Students can learn about the broader research in Phyiscal Chemistry and broaden their horizon beyond their own field by listening to 14 talks by speakers presenting their recent research. The students get the opportunity to also personally meet the speakers and discuss research topics. Physical Chemistry Seminar 2: Highlights CH-644 Students can learn about the broader research in Phyiscal Chemistry and broaden their horizon beyond their own field by listening to 14 talks by speakers presenting their recent research. The students get the opportunity to also personally meet the speakers and discuss research topics. Physical Chemistry Seminar 3: Frontiers CH-645 Students can learn about the broader research in Phyiscal Chemistry and broaden their horizon beyond their own field by listening to 14 talks by speakers presenting their recent research. The students get the opportunity to also personally meet the speakers and discuss research topics. Project of Computational chemistry CH-359 This course exploits modern computational tools in a research project aiming at resolving a chemistry problem by group of two students. Awards Charles University Scholarship 1993 John Harvard Scholarship 1994 National Undergraduate Fellowship U. of Texas in Austin 1995 Jack T. Sanderson Prize 1997 John Van Vleck Scholarship 1998 David J. Robbins Prize 1999 Whiting Fellowship GPA 1999 Gertrude and Maurice Goldhaber Prize Harvard University 2002 Fellowship Berkeley 2003