There is a great variety of opportunities for graduate study in theoretical and computational chemistry at Ohio State University. The Chemistry Department includes several very active groups whose work is devoted exclusively to theoretical chemistry, plus more research groups whose work combines both theoretical and experimental efforts. You will find theoretical investigations at OSU ranging from single-molecule structure through molecular clusters to condensed matter phenomena, from analytic theory to massive computations, from the lightest elements to the actinides. Many graduate students at Ohio State combine experimental and theoretical work in their Ph.D. thesis research. Collaborations between experimental and theoretical groups are common. This brochure provides a brief description of the level and scope of theoretical chemistry at Ohio State. We encourage interested students to make arrangements to visit the department for a closer look at our activities.

   Theoretical chemistry at Ohio State is supported within the Chemistry Department by a new departmental computer facility, and also by the presence of the Ohio Supercomputer Center. The departmental facility houses several high-performance IBM workstations, SGI graphics workstations, plus PC's and Macintosh's. The workstations and personal computers in the center are equipped with an assortment of computational chemistry software. Of course, many research groups employ high-performance workstations dedicated to their own research. Users from Chemistry Department are among the largest consumers of CPU time at the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC). At OSC they can perform calculations on the Cray T-90 supercomputer, as well as an assortment of parallel computers: a 128-node Cray T3E, Convex Exemplar, IBM SP2, and SGI Power Challenge.

   There is a special Theoretical Chemistry Library with a large number of books and journals in theoretical chemistry and related fields, as well as various lecture notes, dissertations, and other collected material.

   The Theoretical Chemistry Seminars bring approximately 12 outside speakers per year and local speakers present additional seminars. Students have the opportunity to confer with visiting speakers.