European Conference on the Dynamics of Molecular Systems
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MOLEC, the European Conference on the Dynamics of Molecular Systems, is a biannual scientific conference.{{Cite journal|title=EPJD Topical Issue "XXI edition of the European Conference on the Dynamics of Molecular Systems (MOLEC 2016)|journal=The European Physical Journal D|volume=72|issue=6|doi=10.1140/epjd/e2018-90097-7|year=2018|last1=García-Vela|first1=Alberto|last2=Bañares|first2=Luis|last3=Senent|first3=María Luisa|doi-access=free}} {{Cite journal|title=18th European Conference on Dynamics of Molecular Systems|journal=Physica Scripta|volume=84|issue=2|pages=028101|doi=10.1088/0031-8949/84/02/028101|year=2011|last1=Varandas|first1=A J C.|doi-access=free}} {{Cite journal|title=Special issue: CAMOP–MOLEC XVII|journal=Physica Scripta|volume=80|issue=4|pages=040201|doi=10.1088/0031-8949/80/4/040201|year=2009|last1=Vasyutiniskii|first1=Oleg|doi-access=free}} It is held every two years usually late summer. The first conference was held in Trento, Italy in the year of 1976.
Conference locations
The conference has been held in the following locations:
- Trento (Italy), 1976, organized by Peter Toennies and Franco Gianturco
- Brandbjerg Hojskole (Denmark), 1978
- Oxford (UK), 1980
- Nijmegen (The Netherlands), 1982
- Jerusalem (Israel), 1984
- Aussois (France), 1986
- Assisi (Italy), 1988
- Bernkastel-Kues (Germany), 1990
- Prague (Czech Republic), 1992
- Salamanca (Spain), 1994
- Nyborg Strand (Denmark), 1996
- Bristol (UK), 1998
- Jerusalem (Israel), 2000
- Istanbul (Turkey), 2002
- Nunspeet (The Netherlands), 2004
- Trento (Italy), 2006
- St. Petersburg (Russia), 2008
- Curia (Portugal), 2010
- Oxford (UK), 2012
- Gothenburg (Sweden), 2014
- Toledo (Spain), 2016, chair Alberto Garcia Vela
- Dinard (France), 2018
MOLEC Prizes
MOLEC Senior Prize
- 1996: Prof Jan Peter Toennies
- 1998: Prof. Franco Gianturco
- 2004: Prof Raphael Levine
- 2006: Prof. Zdenek Herman
- 2008: Prof. Gabriel Balint-Jurti
- 2016: Prof. Dieter Gerlich
- 2018: Prof David Parker
Zdenek Herman MOLEC Young Scientist Prize
- 2016: Prof. Sebastiaan Y. T. van de Meerakker{{cite web |title=Bas v.d. Meerakker personal webpage |url=https://www.ru.nl/scm/group/group-members/bas-meerakker/awards/}}
- 2018: Prof Francesca Calegari{{cite web |title=DESY news about MOLEC prize |url=https://atto.cfel.de/news_amp_events/conference_prize_for_francesca_calegari/}}