We are pleased to announce the 2026 Peking University Summer School on Frontiers in Ab Initio Quantum Molecular Dynamics, jointly organized by the Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, and the CECAM Beijing Node.
The summer school will be held on July 25–29, 2026 at the Xiao Lun Lecture Hall, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.

The summer school will bring together approximately 40 renowned experts from China and abroad, integrating academic strengths in electronic structure, quantum dynamics, statistical mechanics, AI-assisted computational chemistry, and high-performance software development. It will feature specialized lectures on cutting-edge topics such as nuclear quantum effects, nonadiabatic dynamics, and AI for Science, combined with hands-on practice, with the aim of fostering talent and collaborative innovation in the field.

Organizers

• Jian Liu (Peking University)
• Eberhard K. U. Gross (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Tsientang Institute for Advanced Study)
• Daniel Escudero (KU Leuven)

Invited speakers

• Federica Agostini (Sorbonne Université)
• Nandini Ananth (Cornell University)
• Victor Batista (Yale University)
• Jianshu Cao (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
• Roberto Car (Princeton University)
• Tucker Carrington (Queen’s University)
• Michele Ceotto (Università degli Studi di Milano)
• Rachel Crespo Otero (University College London)
• Basile Curchod (University of Bristol)
• Garnet Chan (California Institute of Technology)
• Weinan E (Peking University)
• Daniel Escudero (KU Leuven)
• Jiali Gao (University of Minnesota)
• Fabien Gatti (CNRS and Université Bourgogne Europe)
• Eberhard K. U. Gross (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Tsientang Institute for Advanced Study)
• Seogjoo J. Jang (City University of New York)
• Leeor Kronik (Weizmann Institute of Science)
• Shuhua Li (Nanjing University)
• Xiaosong Li (University of Washington)
• Wenjian Liu (Shandong University)
• Yi Luo (University of Science and Technology of China)
• Nancy Makri (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
• Reinhard Maurer (Universität Wien)
• Akira Nakayama (The University of Tokyo)
• Frank Neese (Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung)
• Francesco Paesani (University of California, San Diego)
• Piotr Piecuch (Michigan State University)
• Eli Pollak (Weizmann Institute of Science)
• Trond Saue (CNRS and Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier)
• Andreas Savin (CNRS and Sorbonne University)
• Matthias Scheffler (The NOMAD Laboratory)
• Zhigang Shuai (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)
• Seiichiro Ten-no (Kobe University)
• Mark Tuckerman (New York University)
• Christoph van Wüllen (RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau)
• Yundong Wu (Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School)
• Xin Xu (Fudan University)
• Weitao Yang (Duke University)
• Dong Hui Zhang (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS)

Schedule

• July 24, 2026: On-site check-in and welcome reception
• July 25–29, 2026: Invited lectures and practical sessions

Participants
Graduate students, third- or fourth-year undergraduate students, and early-career researchers with relevant academic backgrounds are welcome to apply. We will admit up to 120 participants.

Important dates

• Early round application deadline: 08:00, May 10, 2026 (Beijing Time)
• Notification of early round results: by May 20, 2026
• Second-round application deadline: 08:00, June 1, 2026 (Beijing Time)
• Notification of second-round results: by June 23, 2026

Further details, including application and registration information, are available at:
https://indico.pku.edu.cn/event/51/