https://github.com/laiducanh/Duc Anh LaiA minimal, responsive and feature-rich Jekyll theme for technical writing. 2025-07-30T18:05:11+00:00 Duc Anh Lai https://github.com/laiducanh/ Jekyll © 2025 Duc Anh Lai /assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico /assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png The John A. Maguire Graduate Fellowship2025-07-29T00:00:00+00:00 2025-07-29T00:00:00+00:00 https://github.com/laiducanh/posts/announcement-5/ Duc Anh Lai I’m grateful to be selected as a 2025-2026 recipient of the John A. Maguire Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry at Southern Methodist University. This award recognizes graduate students who have demonstrated strong academic achievement, meaningful contributions to the community, and steady progress toward their degrees. This recognition is a huge motivation for me to continue pursuing excellence ... Looking forward to The 53rd Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Theoretical Chemistry Association (SETCA)2025-05-04T00:00:00+00:00 2025-05-07T15:39:13+00:00 https://github.com/laiducanh/posts/announcement-4/ Duc Anh Lai I’ll be attending SETCA 2025 in Memphis from May 8-10. This is an annual meeting of all theoretical chemists from across the southeastern region in the US. My PI, Dr. Devin Matthews, will be giving a talk on Tensor Factorization Techniques for Coupled Cluster Methods, and most of our group members, including myself as well, will be presenting posters. Unlike the last conference, I’ll show some ... First place prize in The 57th ACS DFW Meeting-in-Miniature2025-04-27T00:00:00+00:00 2025-05-05T01:04:08+00:00 https://github.com/laiducanh/posts/recap-1/ Duc Anh Lai Yesterday, I attended the ACS DFW Meeting-in-Miniature, and I’m honored to share that I was awarded First Place in the Physical Chemistry division for my oral presentation. My talk focused on investigating how oriented external electric fields perturb the rotational potential energy surface of chemical systems. The research explores how applying directional electric fields can influence mole... Looking forward to The 57th ACS DFW Meeting-in-Miniature2025-04-20T00:00:00+00:00 2025-05-05T01:04:08+00:00 https://github.com/laiducanh/posts/announcement-3/ Duc Anh Lai I’m excited to share that I’ll be attending the ACS DFW MiM 2025, taking place on April 26 at Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX. The conference is held each spring by the ACS DFW local section, and provides valuable-and free-opporturnity for both undergrad and grad students to present their research. Beyond the science, it’s a great chance to connect with professors, postdocts, and fellow ... Hartree-Fock calculation2025-04-15T00:00:00+00:00 2025-04-16T14:22:43+00:00 https://github.com/laiducanh/posts/hartree-fock-calculation/ Duc Anh Lai Roothaan-Hall equation The application of quantum mechanics in computational chemistry is represented by solving the Schrödinger equation, which leads to the determination of wavefunctions and eigen-energies from secular equations (reference to this post). Unfortunately, analytical solutions of the Schrödinger equation are only available for hydrogen-like systems that contain a single electron...