The World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists (WATOC) is a scholarly association founded in 1982 "in order to encourage the development and application of theoretical methods" in
chemistry
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, particularly
theoretical chemistry and
computational chemistry
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.
It was originally called the World Association of Theoretical Organic Chemists,
but was later renamed the World Association of Theoretically Oriented Chemists,
and in 2005 renamed once more to the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists.
Conferences
WATOC organizes a triennial world congress with over 1,000 participants in last years.
Awards
The association awards two yearly medals: the
Schrödinger Medal to "outstanding
theoretical and
computational chemist",
and the
Dirac
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Medal to "outstanding theoretical and computational chemist under the age of 40".
List of presidents
Presidents of WATOC:
External links
WATOC home page
References
[For instance, in 2005 it was called "World Association of Theoretically Oriented Chemists" as can be seen in the poster for WATOC-2005 congress: ]
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Chemistry societies
Scientific organizations established in 1982