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From left to right: Attila Cangi(grad chem), Allison Robinson(grad chem), Zhenfei Liu(grad chem), Zenghui Yang(grad chem), Peter Elliott(grad phys), Donghyung Lee(grad chem), Kieron Burke

We are a useless bunch of theoretical chemists and physicists devoted to applying Density Functional Theory(DFT) whenever we see more than one particle, i.e. pretty much every aspect of the universe. Guided(=abused, cajoled, bribed) by Prof. Kieron Burke at UCI, our current research interests include:

• Intense laser fields
• Semiclassical treatment of electrons
• Transport through single molecules
• Scattering theory
• Resonances
• Atoms in molecules

etc., with applications in

• Quantum chemistry
• Nanoscience
• Attosecond science
• Condensed-matter physics
• Atomic physics

PBEsol XC functional

Pictures of the DFT sessions during the 2008 APS march meeting

Recent conferences organized or coming

APS March Meeting Tutorial 1:Basics of Density Functional Theory, Static and Time-Dependent, March 9, 2008, New Orleans LA

APS March Meeting Session D1:Fundamental Developments in Density Functional Theory, March 10, 2008, New Orleans LA

Third Psi-k/Nanoquanta School + Workshop on Time-Dependent Density-Functional Theory: Prospects and Applications, August 31 to September 14, 2008, Benasque Center for Physics, Spain