Welcome to the Simons Center at NYU!

Our mission is to promote:

Science

of computational, physics-based approaches to solving problems.

Collaboration

across the global computational physical chemistry community.

Inclusion

to expand and strengthen the diversity of participants in this field.

Independent Postdoctoral Fellowships

Simons Center Postdoctoral Fellows enjoy complete independence in their research. Fellows benefit from, and are directly involved in, the multifaceted activities of the Simons Center, which include multi-day international workshops focusing on the frontiers of theoretical/computational chemistry and theoretical chemistry colloquia having both established and early-career scientists as the speakers.

Fellows are appointed for up to 18 months, contingent on a start date on or before June 1, 2025. Fellows receive a highly competitive annual stipend of $85,000, benefits, plus research and travel funds of up to $10,000, per year including up to $2000 of relocation costs.

Applications are due midnight, March 1, 2025. Click here for details.

NYU AI4Chemistry Summit 2025

NYC AI4Chemistry Summit 2025 will be held Jun 25 – 27, 2025 in the Rosenthal Pavilion at NYU. This two-and-a-half-day in-person event will spur advances in AI applications in chemistry, spanning topics in biology, materials, and organic/small molecule applications as well as relevant advances in AI and machine learning. The Summit will bring together an audience of 120+ drawn from academia, government labs, and industry. See the entire event description and registration instructions here.

Simons Symposium: Challenges in Biomolecular Simulations, May 6-8, 2024

This Symposium provided a broad perspective on the history and state-of-the-art in biomolecular simulations and discuss anticipated progress and challenges for the future. The event featured Invited Talks by leading researchers in the field, a Poster Session, Contributed Talks, and networking opportunities throughout.See the entire event description here.

Symposium on Molecular Mechanisms of Mechanosensing, Oct 20, 2023

Co-sponsored by the Simons Center and NYU Department of Chemistry, and organized by Glen Hocky, this symposium brought together leading researchers at this important intersection of chemistry, biology and physics. See the entire event description here.

Simons Center International Workshop on
Nuclear Quantum Effects in Chemistry, June 12-14, 2023

This three-day workshop brought together the international computational physical chemistry community for Invited Talks by leading scholars in the field. A Poster Session provided further opportunity to learn and interact. The third day of the workshop was devoted to Contributed Talks delivered by the next generation of researchers. See the entire event description here.

Inaugural Symposium, Oct 7, 2022

Conference photo Frontiers in Computational Chemistry: The NYU Simons Center Inaugural Symposium featured talks by leading scholars in the field, networking opportunities, and a Poster Session.

The day began with opening remarks by NYU President Andrew Hamilton. Lectures covered a broad array of topics and included ample time for questions and audience discussion. Breaks through the day fostered collaborative exchange among attendees. It was a very successful and rewarding day.

See the entire event description here.