Unipi Team Leader: Prof. Maurizio Persico, Dip. di Chimica e Chimica Industriale

Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling (TCCM) is emerging as a powerful tool to help in the rational design of new products and materials for pharmaceutical, chemical, energy, computer, and new-materials industries. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to go beyond the traditional electronic structure studies, and merge complementary techniques that are normally not available at a single research group. The research programme of the TCCM-EJD aims at applying computational modelling to problems demanded by the industry and with high societal relevance, namely Materials with special properties, Biomolecules for new therapies and Energy storage.

 The objective of the ITN-EJD in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling (TCCM) is to prepare authentic research leaders, who should not only be able to develop and use multidisciplinary computational techniques (methods and software), but with solid communication skills, with many contacts established through the intensive relationship with the researchers of more than 12 European universities and also with external experts, with expertise in the use of different codes, with the capacity of carrying out a sound activity in a large number of interdisciplinary fields, but in a multi-scale domain, going from very small systems to very large ones, able to work in fundamental areas of Chemistry, Physics, Material Science, Nanoscience, and Biological Chemistry, with a good knowledge of the non-academic sector and therefore with capacity to address the demand of innovative pharmaceutical, computer and new-materials industries.

Coordinator
UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID (Spain)

Other participants

• KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN (Belgium)
• RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN (The Netherlands)
• UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA (Italy)
• UNIVERSITE PAUL SABATIER TOULOUSE III (France)
• UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE – PARIS 6 (France)
• UNIVERSITAT WIEN (Austria)
• UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA (Spain)
• UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA (Spain)
• UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAIS VASCO / EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA (Spain)
• UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO (Portugal)

Start date 01/01/2015

End date 31/12/2019

Duration 48 months

Project cost 3.785.868 €

Project funding 3.785.868 €

Unipi quota 329.745 €

Call title MSCA-ITN-2014-EJD

Unipi role Partner

Project website: https://tccm.qui.uam.es/