Presentations
Posters (Selected)
- NATO Advanced Research Workshop 586/84: Quantum Chemistry - the Challenge of Transition Metals and Coordination Chemistry
Strasbourg, France (September 15-20, 1985)
Theoretical Analysis of Bonding in pi-Acceptor and pi-Donor Bridged Transition Metal Clusters
- Gordon Research Conference: Solid State Chemistry
Plymouth State College, New Hampshire, USA (July 1988)
Super-dense Carbon: Supercubane or Analogue of gamma-Si?
- Faraday Discussion 106: Solid State Chemistry - New Opportunities from Computer Simulations
University College, London (30 June - 2 July, 1997)
Ab Initio Calculation of 2H Quadrupole Coupling Constants in Molecular Crystals:
Application to Polymorphs of Oxalic Acid Dihydrate
- Gordon Research Conference: Clusters, Nanocrystals and Nanostructures
Plymouth State College, New Hampshire, USA (27 July - 1 August 1997)
Modelling Metal Clusters with Many-body Potentials
- Gordon Research Conference: Molecular and Ionic Clusters (MIC2000)
Toulouse, France (April 16-21, 2000)
Structure Optimization of MgO Clusters Using a Genetic Algorithm
- Accuracy in Powder Diffraction III
NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S.A. (April 22-25, 2001)
Structure Solution from Powder Diffraction Data Using Genetic Algorithms
- CrystEngComm Discussion 1: Innovation in Crystal Engineering
University of Bristol (29 June - 1 July, 2002)
Genetic Algorithms for Structure Determination of Molecular Solids from Powder Diffraction Data
- Cluster Surface Interaction Workshop (CSI2014)
Villa Cagnola, Gazzada Schianno, Varese, Italy (June 2-4, 2014)
PdnAg(4-n) and PdnPt(4-n) Clusters on MgO(100): Density Functional Surface Genetic Algorithm
Lectures at Conferences, Workshops, etc.
- Brioni International Conferences on Interdisciplinary Topics in Chemistry and Physics III: Radiation-Matter Interactions
Brioni, Croatia (September 10-14, 1990)
13/9/90 The Metal-Metal Quadruple Bond: Gas Phase and Thin Film PES Studies
- Southern Spectroscopy Meeting
University of Reading
31/3/93 Applications of Empirical Potential Energy Functions
- ESF Network "Metal Clusters" Workshop: Theoretical Aspects of Cluster Chemistry
Isle of Thorns, Sussex (16-19 July 1994)
18/7/94 Clusters with pi-Donor Ligands
19/7/94 Clusters in Infinite Solids and the Relevance of Band Theory
- European Physical Society Industrial Workshop: Nanoscale Science and Technology
University of Birmingham
15/4/96 Modelling of Iron Clusters using a Global Empirical Potential
- Symposium: New Frontiers in Transition-Metal Computational Chemistry
University of Warwick
23/5/96 Modelling of Iron Clusters using a Global Empirical Potential
- Royal Society Discussion Meeting: The Metal-Non Metal Transition in Macroscopic and Microscopic Systems
The Royal Society, London (5-6 March 1997)
6/3/97 The Development of Metallic Behaviour in Clusters
- CCP6 Workshop: Fashioning a Model: Optimization Methods in Chemical Physics
University of Durham (25-27 March 1998)
26/3/98 Crystal Structure Solution as an Optimization Problem
- CCP5 Annual Meeting 1998: Making and Breaking Potentials
University of Edinburgh (7-9 September 1998)
8/9/98 Cluster Geometry Optimization Using Genetic Algorithms
- Inaugural Meeting of University of Birmingham Centre for Chemical Physics: Gas-Phase and Surface Dynamics
University of Birmingham (2-3 October 1998)
3/10/98 Cluster Geometry Optimization Using Genetic Algorithms
- RSC Solid State Chemistry Group: Annual Christmas Meeting 1998
University of Surrey (21-22 December 1998)
22/12/98 A Genetic Algorithm for Structure Solution from Powder Diffraction Data
- RSC Theoretical Chemistry Group: Theoretical Chemistry Days No. 7
University College, London
8/12/99 Evolving Better Clusters: Genetic Algorithms for Geometry Optimization
- RSC Theoretical Chemistry Group Summer School 2000: Theory and Simulation of Clusters and Nanoparticles
University of Birmingham (29 August-6 September 2000)
29/8/00 Introduction to Clusters
30/8/00 Potentials for Modelling Clusters
1/9/00 Genetic Algorithms for Global Optimization
- RSC Theoretical Chemistry Group & Molecular Beams and Dynamics Group: Stereochemistry and Energy Landscapes
University of Warwick (26-27 March 2001)
26/3/01 Genetic Algorithms for Cluster Geometry Optimization
- Molecular Dynamics Simulation Symposium
Nanoscale Physics Research Laboratory, University of Birmingham
28/3/01 Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Gold Cluster-Surface Interactions
- Telluride Summer Research Center Workshop: Complex Landscapes in Many Dimensions
Telluride, Colorado, USA (15-29 July 2001)
18/7/01 Hierarchical Methods in Simulation
27/7/01 Structure Solution from Powder Diffraction Data using Genetic Algorithms
- EvoCOP2002 (2nd European Workshop on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization)
- part of EuroGP2002 (5th European Conference on Genetic Programming)
Kinsale, Ireland (3-5 April 2002)
4/4/02 Application of Genetic Algorithms in Nanoscience: Cluster Geometry Optimization
- II International Meeting on Physics
University of Sonora, Hermosillo, Mexico (25-27 November 2002)
25/11/02 (Plenary Lecture) Evolving Better Clusters: Genetic
Algorithms for Geometry Optimization
- Nanoscale Science Symposium
Nanoscale Physics Research Laboratory, University of Birmingham
9/7/03 Theoretical Studies of the Geometries and Segregation Properties of Nanoalloys
- Theoretical and Experimental Inorganic Chemistry (A Meeting to Celebrate the 60th Birthday of Professor D. Michael P. Mingos, FRS)
St. Edmund Hall, Oxford
21/8/04Theoretical Studies of Bimetallic Nanoalloys
- 2004 International Workshop on Nature Inspired Computation and Applications (IWNICA'2004)
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China (25-29 October 2004)
28/10/04 (Invited Lecture) Getting Back to Nature: The Application of Biologically-Inspired Computation to the Study of Protein Folding
28/10/04 (Invited Lecture) Evolving Better Nanoparticles: Genetic Algorithms for Optimising Cluster Geometries
- 8th SIAM Conference on Optimization (SIAM-OP5)
Stockholm, Sweden (15-19 May 2005)
19/5/05 (Invited Lecture) Optimization of the Geometrical and Permutational Isomers of Nanoalloy Clusters using Genetic Algorithms
- Telluride Science Research Center Workshop: Energy Landscapes - Dynamics and Optimization
Telluride, Colorado, USA (24 July - 6 August 2005)
27/7/05 Nature-inspired Computation and Nanoalloy Optimization
- Cercia Workshop on Computational Intelligence in Cheminformatics
University of Birmingham, UK (2 March 2006)
2/3/06 (Invited Lecture) Computational Nanoscience: From Clusters to Proteins via Nature-inspired Computation
- Natural Computing Applications Forum: Applications of Evolutionary Computing
University of Birmingham, UK (14-15 June 2006)
15/6/06 (Invited Lecture) Computational Nanoscience: From Clusters to Proteins via Nature-inspired Computation
- Workshop: Global Optimisation Techniques Applied to the Prediction of Structures
University College London, UK (6-7 July 2006)
6/7/06 (Invited Lecture) Visualisation and Complexity Analysis of Multi-dimensional Energy Landscapes: Relevance to Global Optimisation
- NSCCS User Meeting
Imperial College London, UK (29 March 2007)
29/3/07 (Invited Lecture) Combining Empirical Potentials and DFT to Study Structural Motifs and Segregation in Nanoalloys
- 5th International Symposium on Theory of Atomic and Molecular Clusters (TAMCV)
Richmond, Virginia, USA (13-17 May 2007)
16/5/07 (Invited Seed Lecture at Roundtable Discussion) Visualization and Complexity Analysis of Multidimensional Energy Landscapes for Protein Folding and Cluster Rearrangement
- International Workshop on Energy Landscapes and Finite Time
Thermodynamics
Petritoli, Marche, Italy (15-28 July 2007)
20/7/07 (Invited Lecture) Visualization and Complexity Analysis of Multidimensional Energy Landscapes for Protein Folding and Cluster Rearrangement
- European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) Fall Meeting 2007
Warsaw, Poland (16-21 September 2007)
16/9/07 (Invited Contribution to Workshop: "Genetic Algorithms for Beginners") Genetic Algorithms for Cluster Optimization: General Aspects
19/9/07 (Invited Lecture in Symposium G: "Genetic Algorithms in Materials Science and Engineering") Design and Application of Genetic Algorithms for Structural Optimization of Nanoalloys
- III International Physics Congress
University of Sonora, Hermosillo, Mexico (10-12 October 2007)
11/10/07 (Invited Lecture) Investigating the Structures and Chemical Ordering of Bimetallic Nanoalloys
- Global Optimisation Workshop 2007 (GOW 2007)
Imperial College London, UK (15-17 December 2007)
16/12/07 (Invited Lecture) Global Optimisation of Nanoalloy Clusters Using a Hybrid Genetic Algorithm
2008
- Bridging the Gap - Multi-Disciplinary Optimization and Data Mining at Birmingham (Opening Event)
University of Birmingham, UK (6 June 2008)
6/6/08 (Invited Lecture) Global Optimisation Strategies Applied to the Structure Determination of Nanoalloy Clusters
- CECAM Workshop - Energy Landscapes of Solids: from (Hypothetical) Topologies to Material Properties
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland (22-25 July 2008)
24/7/08 (Invited Lecture) Visualising, Analysing and Exploring Cluster Energy Landscapes
- International Workshop on Computational Alloys
Grand Hotel Golf, Tirrenia, Pisa, Italy (21-24 September 2008)
23/9/08 (Invited Lecture) Theoretical Studies of Palladium-Gold Nanoclusters
- CCP5-Portfolio Partnership Workshop: Structure Prediction of Clusters
University College London (10-11 September 2009)
11/9/08 (Invited Lecture) Prediciting the Geometrical Structures and Chemical Ordering of Bimetallic Nanoalloys
2009
- Sixth International Topical Meeting on Nanostructured materials and Nanotechnology (NANOTECH 2009)
San Carlos, Nuevo Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico (17-19 September 2009)
17/9/09 (Invited Lecture) Investigating the Structures, Chemical Ordering and Chemisorption Properties of Bimetallic Nanoalloys
2010
- The Cluster Surface Interactions (CSI) Workshop
Stratford-upon-Avon (5-8 July 2010)
6/7/10 (Invited Lecture) STEM Simulations of Metal Clusters and Nanoalloys:
A Kinematic Model Coupled with Structural Searches
- CECAM Workshop - Nanoscale Alloys: From Experiment and Theory to Quantitative Modelling
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland (13-16 September 2010)
14/9/10 (Invited Lecture) The Evolution of Structure and Chemical Ordering of Cu-Ag Nanoparticles with Size and Composition
2011
- Second International Conference: Quantitative Biology and Bioinformatics in Modern Medicine
Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Ireland (7-8 February 2011)
7/2/11 (Invited Lecture) Visualisation and Complexity Analysis of Energy Landscapes for Protein Folding
- Bridging the Gap Workshop 7 - Dynamic Optimisation in an Uncertain World: Challenges and State-of-the-Art
University of Birmingham (24 February 2011)
(Invited Lecture) Optimisation and Landscape Analysis for Studying Protein Folding
- COST Action MP0903: NANOALLOY (Nanoalloys as advanced materials: from structure to properties and applications) - Joint Working Group Meeting
University of Barcelona, Spain (14-16 April 2011)
16/4/11 (Lecture) Theoretical Study of the Structures of Pd-Au Nanoparticles on MgO(100)
- University of Nottingham HPC User Conference
University of Nottingham (5-6 July 2011)
5/7/11 (Invited Lecture) Global Optimisation and Energy Landscape Exploration for Nanoparticles and Proteins
- The Science City Research Alliance Materials Modelling and Property Prediction Day
Think Tank, Millenium Point, Birmingham (12 July 2011)
(Invited Lecture) Nanoalloys: Structures, Chemical Ordering and Properties
- COST Action MP0903: NANOALLOY (Nanoalloys as advanced materials: from structure to properties and applications) - Action Conference and MC Meeting
Limerick, Ireland (12-14 October 2011)
13/10/11 (Lecture) Global Optimisation of Nanoalloys at the Density Functional Level
- 9th Annual Symposium on Clusters and Nanoparticles
Margrain Vineyard, Martinborough, New Zealand (22-23 November 2011)
22/11/11 (Invited Plenary Lecture) Nanoalloys: Two Metals Can be Better Than One at the Nanoscale
- 5th Asian Pacific Conference of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (APCTCC5)
Rotorua, New Zealand (9-13 December 2011)
11/12/11 (Invited Keynote Lecture) Global Optimisation of Nanoalloys Using Density Functional Theory
2012
- International Symposium on Small Particles and Inorganic Clusters XVI (ISSPIC XVI)
Leuven, Belgium (8-13 July 2012)
12/7/12 (Hot Topic Talk) A Genetic Algorithm-Density Functional Theory Approach for Global Optimisation of Nanoalloys
- ESF-LFUI Research Conference: Energy Landscapes
Universitätszentrum Obergurgl, Austria (16-21 July 2012)
19/7/12 (Invited Lecture) Energy Landscape Mapping and Global Optimisation for Metal Clusters and Nanoalloys
- CECAM Workshop: Modelling Realistic Inorganic Nanostructures - Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Experiment
ZCAM, Zaragoza, Spain (5-7 September 2012)
6/9/12 (Invited Lecture) Combining Theory and Experiment to Determine the Structures of Gas Phase Clusters
- Molecular Modelling and High Performance Computing Showcase
Department of Chemistry, University of Nottingham (19 September 2012)
(Lecture) Using HPC to Study Metal Clusters and Bimetallic Nanoalloys
- Discussion Meeting on Thermodynamics of Alloys (TOFA 2012)
Pula, Croatia (23-28 September 2012)
28/9/12 (Invited Plenary Lecture) Simulating the Structures and Chemical Ordering of Nanoalloys
- COST Action MP0903: NANOALLOY (Nanoalloys as advanced materials: from structure to properties and applications) - Action Conference and MC Meeting
Antalya, Turkey (19-21 November 2012)
19/11/12 (Lecture) Combining Theory and Experiment to Determine the Structures of Gas Phase Cationic Ag-Au Clusters
2013
- Joint Programme Grant Meeting: Self Assembly of Bioinspired Materials
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (16-17 April 2013)
17/4/13 (Lecture) DFT Global Optimisation and Landscape Exploration for Coinage Metal Nanoalloy Clusters
- Telluride Science Research Center Workshop: Energy Landscapes 2013
Telluride, Colorado, USA (14-19 July 2013)
15/7/13 (Lecture) Direct DFT Global Optimization Using a Genetic Algorithm: Comparing Theory and Experiment
- Joint Workshop of COST Actions MP1005 & MP0903: "Nanoalloys and Biomaterials in Biomedicine and Stem Cell Research"
Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy (7-8 October 2013)
7/10/13 (Lecture) An Introduction to Nanoalloys: From Theory to Applications
- China-Europe International Workshop on Alloy Nanoparticles (CEIWN2013)
Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China (17-21 November 2013)
20/11/13 (Invited Lecture) Combining Theory and Experiment to Determine the Structures of Gas Phase Metal Clusters
- International Symposium on Atomic Cluster Catalysis
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (21-22 November 2013)
22/11/13 (Invited Lecture) Combining Theory and Experiment to Determine the Structures of Gas Phase Metal Clusters
- 4th Annual BEAR PGR Conference
University of Birmingham (16 December 2013)
(Invited Keynote Lecture) Computational Nanoscience on BlueBEAR
- Workshop on Global Optimisation
Imperial College London (19 December 2013)
(Invited Plenary Lecture) Combining GA-DFT Global Optimisation and Experiment to Determine the Structures of Gas Phase Metal Clusters
2014
- Meeting on Metal and Metal-containing Clusters
Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford (1 April 2014)
(Invited Lecture) Combining Theory and Experiment to Determine the Structures of Gas Phase Metal Clusters
- BEAR VIEW Launch
University of Birmingham (8 July 2014)
(Invited Lecture) Use of BEAR VIEW to Aid Research in Computational Chemistry
- Energy Landscapes: From Single Molecules to Soft Matter
University of Durham (15-21 August 2014)
18/8/14 (Invited Lecture) Exploring the Energy Landscapes and Self-assembly of Cyclic Peptides
2015
- Clusters: From Trimers to Nanoparticles, International Conference of Computational Methods in Science and Engineering (ICCMSE2015)
Athens, Greece (20-23 March 2015)
21/3/15 (Invited Lecture) Combining Theory and Experiment to Determine the Structures of Sub-nanometre Metal Clusters
- SNM15 Workshop: Theory of Metal Atoms, Clusters and Nanoparticles Stabilized by Organic Matter
Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland (10-12 June 2015)
11/6/15 (Invited Lecture) Combining Theory and Experiment to Determine the Structures of Sub-nanometre Metal Clusters
- British Association for Crystal Growth, 46th Annual BACG Conference
Queen Mary, University London (21-23 June 2015)
23/6/15 (Plenary Lecture) DFT-based Global Optimisation of Free and Supported Metal Clusters
- CECAM Workshop: Modeling Metal-based Nanoparticles: Toward Realistic Environments
CECAM-FR-GSO, CEMES, Toulouse, France (29 June - 1 July 2015)
1/7/15 (Invited Lecture) Computational Studies of the Interactions of Metal Clusters with Oxide Surfaces
2016
- International Symposium on Clusters, Cluster-Assemblies and Nanomaterials (ISCAN2016)
IISER TVM, Trivandrum, Kerala, India (9-12 March 2016)
10/3/16 (Invited Lecture) Combining Theory and Experiment to Determine the Structures of Free and Supported Sub-nanometre Metal Clusters
- Cluster Surface Interaction Workshop 2016
Argonne National Laboratory, IL, USA (31 May - 3 June 2016)
1/6/16 (Invited Lecture) Interactions of Nanoalloys with Oxide Supports and Adsorbates
- ELAND 2016: Energy Landscapes - Theory and Applications
Porquerolles, France (27 June - 3 July 2016)
2/7/16 (Invited Lecture) Energy Landscapes of Nano-hydrated Ions and their Relevance to the Hofmeister Series
- CECAM Workshop - Structure Prediction of Nanoclusters from Global Optimization Techniques:
Computational Strategies and Connection to Experiments
Pau, France (5-8 July 2016)
6/7/16 (Invited Lecture) Combining DFT-based Global Optimisation with Experimental Measurements to Determine the Structures of Free and Supported Sub-nanometre Clusters
- ISSPIC XVIII - International Symposium on Small Particles and Inorganic Clusters
Jyvaskyla, Finland (14-19 August 2016)
15/8/16 (Invited Lecture) Structures, Energetics, and Reactivities of Free and Supported Metal Clusters: A Computational Study
- Characterisation of Metal Particle Workshop
Glenshiel, Limpopo, South Africa (6-7 October 2016)
7/10/16 (Invited Lecture) Computational Study of the Interactions of Nanoalloys with Oxide Supports and Adsorbates: Au-Rh/TiO2
- 8th International Conference on Multiscale Modelling of Materials: K. Multiscale modelling of nanoalloys and metal-based nanohybrids
Dijon, France (9-14 October 2016)
11/10/16 (Lecture) Computational Study of the Interactions of Nanoalloys with Oxide Supports and Adsorbates: Au-Rh/TiO2
2017
- New Frontiers in Colloid Science
Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Birmingham (13-14 July 2017)
13/7/17 (Invited Lecture) Energy Landscapes of Nano-hydrated Anions
2018
- Faraday Discussion: Designing Nanoparticle Systems for Catalysis
Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, London (16-18 May 2018)
16/5/18 (Lecture) Modelling Free and Oxide-supported Nanoalloy Catalysts: Comparison of Bulk-immiscible Pd-Ir and Au-Rh Systems and Influence of a TiO2 Support
- International Meeting on Nanoalloys (IMN 2018)
Universite d'Orleans, France (22-25 May 2018)
24/5/18 (Lecture) Computational Study of Free and Oxide-supported Au-Rh and Pd-Ir Nanocatalysts
- International Bunsen Discussion Meeting: Gas Phase Model Systems on Catalysis (GPMC 2018)
Universitat Ulm, Germany (18-20 June 2018)
20/6/18 (Hot Topic Lecture) The Effect of Palladium Doping on the Stability and Fragmentation Patterns of Cationic Gold Clusters
- CECAM Workshop - Modeling Metal-based Nanoparticles: Environment and Dynamical Effects
Grenoble University, France (3-5 December 2018)
4/12/18 (Invited Lecture) Hydration of Sub-nanometre Gold-Silver Clusters
Research Seminars
- 22/3/88 Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Canada
Tensor Surface Harmonic Theory - Introduction and Application to Boron and Carbon Clusters
- 1989 Chemistry Department, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
A Chemist's View of Bonding in Solids
- 1990 School of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, University of Sussex
Super-dense Carbon: Supercubane or Analogue of gamma-Si?
- 1990 School of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, University of Sussex
The Metal-Metal Quadruple Bond: Gas Phase and Thin Film PES Studies
- 8/91 ITQB, Lisbon, Portugal
Potential Energy Functions for Solids and Clusters
- 21/1/92 Chemistry Department, Brunel University
Potential Energy Functions for Metals and Non-Metals
- Shanxi University, China
18/3/92 Potential Energy Functions for Solids and Clusters
19/3/92 Tight Binding Band Theory of Solids
- 25/3/92 Yuncheng Community College, China
Potential Energy Functions for Solids and Clusters
- 3/4/92 Chengdu Institute of Science and Technology, China
Potential Energy Functions for Solids and Clusters
- 9/4/92 Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, China
Potential Energy Functions for Solids and Clusters
- Department of Chemistry, University of Rennes, France
3/9/92 Deriving Potential Energy Functions for Solids
4/9/92 Optimising Cluster Geometries
- 1993 School of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, University of Sussex
Potential Energy Functions for Solids and Clusters
- 16/11/93 Theory Group, Daresbury Laboratory
Potential Energy Functions for Solids and Clusters
- 9/3/94 Computational Chemistry Group, University of Reading
Potential Energy Functions for Solids and Clusters
- 9/1/96 Solid State Discussion Group, School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham
In Search of Global Potentials for the Simulation of Clusters and Condensed Matter
- 19/1/96 Nanoscale Physics Research Laboratory, University of Birmingham
Global Empirical Potentials for Modelling Clusters and Condensed Matter
- 13/6/96 Nano-Science Simulation Group, University of Greenwich
In Search of Global Potentials for Modelling Materials
- 14/1/97 Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Karlsruhe, Germany
Global Potentials for Modelling Materials
- 15/1/97 Fachgebeit Physikalische Chemie, Philips-Universität Marburg, Germany
Global Potentials for Modelling Materials
- 17/1/97 Max-Planck Institut für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany
Global Potentials for Modelling Materials
- 17/2/97 Theoretical Chemistry Group, Oxford University
In Search of Global Potentials for Modelling Materials
- 10/11/97 Department of Structural Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, Sweden
Genetic Algorithms for Structure Solution: the Evolution of a New Technique
- 10/11/97 Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Ångstrøm Laboratory, Uppsala University, Sweden
Towards Global Potentials for Simulating Materials
- 11/11/97 Department of Physics, Uppsala University, Sweden
The Development of Metallic Behaviour in Clusters
- 12/11/97 Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Lund, Sweden
The Development of Metallic Behaviour in Clusters
- 14/11/97 Department of Chemistry, Ørsted Laboratory, Copenhagen University, Denmark
Towards Global Potentials for Simulating Materials
- JRCAT (Joint Research Centre for Atom Technology), Tsukuba, Japan
3/3/98 The Development of Metallic Behaviour in Clusters
5/3/98 Towards Global Potentials for Simulating Materials
- 4/3/98 Department of Physics, Science University of Tokyo, Japan
Towards Global Potentials for Simulating Materials
- 18/5/98 EEBIC Group, School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham
The Use of Genetic Algorithms for Optimizing Geometries of Atomic Clusters
- 15/7/98 Institute for Nuclear Theory, University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A.
A Many-body Potential for Modeling Clusters
- 20/7/98 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, U.S.A.
A Many-body Potential for Modeling Clusters
- 27/11/98 Department of Chemistry, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, Ireland
Cluster Geometry Optimization Using Genetic Algorithms
- 17/2/99 Department of Chemistry, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
Cluster Geometry Optimization Using Genetic Algorithms
- 23/3/99 Department of Chemistry, University of Milan, Italy
Cluster Geometry Optimization Using Genetic Algorithms
- 25/3/99 Department of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, University of Bologna, Italy
Cluster Geometry Optimization Using Genetic Algorithms
- 29/3/99 Department of Chemistry, University of Florence & C.N.R. Institute for the Study of the Stereochemistry and
Energetics of Coordination Compounds, Florence, Italy
Cluster Geometry Optimization Using Genetic Algorithms
- 9/2/00 Theoretical Chemistry Seminar, University Chemistry Laboratory, Cambridge
Evolving Better Clusters: Genetic Algorithms for Geometry Optimization
- 9/5/00 Fachgebeit Physikalische Chemie, Philips-Universität Marburg, Germany
Evolving Better Clusters: Genetic Algorithms for Geometry Optimization
- 2/6/00 Davy Faraday Research Laboratory, The Royal Institution, London
Evolutionary Structural Chemistry: Applications of Genetic Algorithms to Clusters and Powders
- 5/10/00 School of Chemistry, Physics and Environmental Science, University of Sussex
Evolving Better Clusters: Genetic Algorithms for Geometry Optimization
- 7/2/01 Department of Materials, Imperial College, London
Evolving Better Clusters: Genetic Algorithms for Geometry Optimization
- 19/4/01 Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, U.S.A.
Evolving Better Clusters: Genetic Algorithms for Geometry Optimization
- 20/4/01 Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, U.S.A.
Evolving Better Clusters: Genetic Algorithms for Geometry Optimization
- 12/6/01 Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Germany
Evolving Better Clusters: Genetic Algorithms for Geometry Optimization
- 3/9/01 Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland
Determination of Structures of Molecular Crystals, Including Oligopeptides,
Directly from Powder Diffraction Data
- 18/10/01 Theoretical Chemistry Group, University of Marne-la-Vallée, France
Evolving Better Clusters : a Lamarckian Genetic Algorithm for Geometry
Optimization
- 25/10/01 School of Chemistry, University of Surrey
Evolving Better Clusters: Genetic Algorithms for Geometry Optimization
- 9/12/02 Physical Chemistry Seminar, School of Chemical Sciences, University of Birmingham
Evolving Better Clusters: Genetic Algorithms for Geometry Optimization
- 2/9/03 CINECA, Bologna, Italy
Theoretical Studies of the Geometries and Segregation Properties of Nanoalloys
- 4/9/03 Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Genova, Italy
Theoretical Studies of the Geometries and Segregation Properties of Nanoalloys
- 14/10/04 Nonlinear Science Laboratory, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kobe University, Japan
Applications of Genetic Algorithms in Computational Nanoscience
- 15/10/04 Department of Physics, Nara Women's University, Nara, Japan
Applications of Genetic Algorithms in Computational Nanoscience
- 18/10/04 Department of Theoretical Studies, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Japan
Applications of Genetic Algorithms in Computational Nanoscience
- 21/10/04 Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan
Theoretical Studies of the Geometries and Segregation Properties of Nanoalloys
- 26/4/05 Department of Chemistry, University of Bath
Evolving Better Nanoparticles: Genetic Algorithms for Optimising Cluster Geometries
- 11/7/05 Department of Chemistry, University of Bath
Computational Nanoscience: From Clusters to Proteins via Nature-inspired Computation
- 20/7/05 Physical, Chemical and Biomolecular Sciences Center, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Theoretical Studies of Bimetallic Nanoalloys
- 21/7/05 Department of Chemistry, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Computational Nanoscience: From Clusters to Proteins via Nature-inspired Computation
- 20/10/05 School of Chemistry, Cardiff University
Computational Studies of Nanoalloys; Structures, Stabilities and Segregation in Bimetallic Clusters
- 1/2/06 Department of Chemistry, University of Sussex
Computational Studies of Nanoalloys; Structures, Stabilities and Segregation in Bimetallic Clusters
- 19/7/06 Neural Computing Research Group, Aston University
Visualisation and Complexity Analysis of Multi-dimensional Energy Landscapes
- 8/11/06 School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham
Computational Nanoscience: From Clusters to Proteins via Nature-inspired Computation
- 8/12/06 Davy Faraday Research Laboratory, The Royal Institution, London
Computational Studies of Nanoalloys; Structures, Stabilities and Segregation in Bimetallic Clusters
- 11/12/06 Max-Planck Institut für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany
Computational Studies of Nanoalloys; Structures, Stabilities and Segregation in Bimetallic Clusters
- 20/2/07 Department of Physics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Computational Studies of Nanoalloys; Structures, Stabilities and Segregation in Bimetallic Clusters
- 5/4/07 Istituto per i Processi Chimico-Fisici (IPCF) del CNR, Pisa, Italy
Computational Studies of Nanoalloys; Structures, Stabilities and Segregation in Bimetallic Clusters
- 9/5/07 School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham
Computational Studies of the Structures and Chemical Ordering of Nanoalloys
- 18/9/07 Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, Poland
Applications of Natural Computing to the Protein Folding Problem
- 9/10/07 Instituto de Fisica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
Theoretical Study of the Structures and Chemical Ordering of Nanoalloy Clusters
2008
- 23/1/08 Kent Business School, University of Kent
Application of Evolutionary Heuristics to the Protein Folding Problem
- 11/2/08 Laboratoire de Physique des Solides,
Universite Paris Sud, Orsay, France
Computational Study of the Structures, Stabilities and Segregation of Bimetallic Nanoalloys
- 12/2/08 Laboratoire Materiaux et Phenomenes Quantiques, Universite Paris 7 (Diderot), Paris, France
Computational Study of the Structures, Stabilities and Segregation of Bimetallic Nanoalloys
- 14/2/08 Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick
Computational Study of the Structures, Stabilities and Segregation of Bimetallic Nanoalloys
- 16/4/08 Computational Modelling Group, Department of Physics, King's College London
Computational Study of the Structures and Chemical Ordering of Nanoalloy Clusters
- 12/5/08 Artificial Intelligence and Natural Computation Seminar, School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham
Applications of Natural Computing to the Protein Folding Problem
- 19/5/08 Johnson Matthey Technology Centre, Sonning Common
Studies in Computational Nanoscience
- 23/10/08 Department of Chemistry and Analytical Sciences, The Open University
Nanoalloys: Computational Studies of Structure, Segregation and Chemisorption
- 4/12/08 Inaugural Lecture, University of Birmingham
From Clusters to Catalysis: The Evolution of a Computational Nanoscientist
2009
- 8/5/09 Applied Mathematics Group Seminar, School of Mathematics, University of Birmingham
Global Optimisation of Nanoalloy Clusters Using a Hybrid Genetic Algorithm
- 11/11/09 Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield
Computational Studies of Nanoalloy Clusters
2010
- 16/3/10 Computational Modelling Group Seminar, University of Southampton
Computational Studies of Nanoalloy Clusters
- 20/5/10 Departamento de Fisica Teorica, Atomica y Optica, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
Hybrid Empirical Potential-DFT Studies of Nanoalloy Clusters
- 24/9/10 Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, U.S.A.
Computational Studies of Nanoalloy Clusters
- 11/10/10 Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany
Computational Studies of Nanoalloy Clusters
- 30/11/10 Max-Planck Institut für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany
Nanoalloys: Two Metals Can be Better than One at the Nanoscale
- 13/12/10 Department of Physics, University of York
Nanoalloys: Two Metals Can be Better than One at the Nanoscale
2011
- 7/3/11 Theoretical Chemistry Group, Oxford University
Nanoalloys: Two Metals Can be Better than One at the Nanoscale
- 30/3/11 Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Sheffield
Nanoalloys: Two Metals Can be Better than One at the Nanoscale
- 29/11/11 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand
Simulation of HAADF-STEM and SPR Spectra of Metal Nanoparticles
- 2/12/11 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand
Two Metals Can be Better than One: Computational Studies of Nanoalloys
- 7/12/11 Centre for Theoretical Chemistry and Physics, Massey University (Albany Campus), Albany, New Zealand
Two Metals Can be Better than One: Computational Studies of Nanoalloys
2012
- 8/2/12 Inorganic and Materials Chemistry Seminar, University College London
Direct Global Optimisation of Nanoalloy Cluster Structures at the DFT Level
- 13/6/12 Eduard-Zintl-Institut, Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany
Computational Studies of Nanoalloy Clusters: Two Metals Can be Better than One at the Nanoscale
- 8/10/12 Centre for Scientific Computation, University of Warwick
Combining Theory and Experiment to Determine the Structures of Gas Phase Clusters
- 10/10/12 Chemical Physics Group, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
Combining Theory and Experiment to Determine the Structures of Gas Phase Clusters
- 11/10/12 Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
Nanoalloys: Two Metals Can be Better than One at the Nanoscale
- 14/11/12 School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh
Nanoalloys: Two Metals Can be Better than One at the Nanoscale
2013
- 28/2/13 Interdisciplinary Computing & Complex Systems (ICOS) Research Group, School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham
Exploring the Energy Landscapes of Cyclic Peptides
- 18/6/13 Theory Group, CINaM - Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille, France
Combining Theory and Experiment to Determine the Structures of Gas Phase Metal Clusters
- 20/6/13 CINaM - Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille, France
Nanoalloys: Two Metals Can be Better than One at the Nanoscale
- 12/7/13 Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, U.S.A.
Combining Theory and Experiment to Determine the Structures of Gas Phase Metal Clusters
- 11/11/13 Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
Nanoalloys: Two Metals Can be Better than One at the Nanoscale
- 14/11/13 Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
Nanoalloys: Two Metals Can be Better than One at the Nanoscale
- 15/11/13 Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China
Nanoalloys: Two Metals Can be Better than One at the Nanoscale
- 21/11/13 Bridge Cafe, Wudaokou, Beijing, China
Understanding Science Lecture: Nanoparticles: Small Science, Big Future (?)
- 22/11/13 Dulwich College (Beijing), China
School Lecture: Nanoparticles: Small Science, Big Future (?)
- 23/11/13 Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
Combining Theory and Experiment to Determine the Structures of Gas Phase Metal Clusters
- 27/11/13 Northwestern Polytechnic University, Xi'an, China
Combining Theory and Experiment to Determine the Structures of Nanoalloys
- 28/11/13 Nanjing University, China
Combining Theory and Experiment to Determine the Structures of Gas Phase Metal Clusters
- 28/11/13 Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Combining Theory and Experiment to Determine the Structures of Nanoalloys
2014
- 25/2/14 Institut de Quimica Teorica i Computational (IQTCUB), Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
Combining Theory and Experiment to Determine the Structures of Gas Phase Metal Clusters
2015
- 3/6/15 Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radbout University Nijmegen, Netherlands
Combining Theory and Experiment to Determine the Structures of Sub-nanometre Metal Clusters
- 8/7/15 Nanoscale Science Department, Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany
Computational Studies of Surface-supported Clusters and Nanoparticles
2016
- 7/3/16 Department of Chemistry, IIT-Bombay, Mumbai, India
Nanoalloys: Two Metals Can be Better than One at the Nanoscale
2018
- 5/6/18 CINaM-CNRS, Universite d'Aix Marseille, France
Computational Study of Free and Oxide-supported Au-Rh and Pd-Ir Nanocatalysts
- 25/6/18 Eduard-Zintl-Institut, Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany
Determining the Structures and Properties of Free and Supported Sub-nanometre Clusters