Overview

We are a group of computational organic chemists at the University of Houston. We enjoy our "screen-time." But even more so the chemical insights we get out of it.

A central theme of our work is recognizing the interpretive power of fuzzy chemical concepts fuzzy chemical concepts (like aromaticity and antiaromaticity) for explaining the "why's and how's" of chemistry. Recently, we became interested in understandinghow light affects proton and electron transfer reactions along with the implications of excited-state (anti)aromaticity for designing functional molecules. We try our best to be good storytellers of our findings.

Click here to see a highlight of our recent work in Chemistry World!

The TPOC (Theoretical physical organic chemistry) meetings are a series of virtual "mini" symposiums started by the Wu and Tantillo labs in the midst of the pandemic in March 2021. We are a supportive and inclusive community. Students and postdocs from research groups around the world have joined these meetings to present their research and exchange ideas. We meet on the second Thursday every month at PDT 9am / CDT 11am. We welcome all flavors of chemists!

Announcement: Starting June, TPOC meetings will be held on the second Thursday every month at CET 10am (for even months) and at PDT 9am / CDT 11am (for odd months). We hope this change will make it possible for more to join us.