Liu Group Presents at HRC 2025 in Dresden; Pittsburgh to Host 2026 Conference

Members of the Peng Liu Group recently traveled to Dresden, Germany, to attend the 2025 Houk Research Conference (HRC). Held from June 29 to July 1, 2025, the international symposium brought together leading computational and experimental chemists under the theme "Pushing Back the Frontiers of Science: Combining Computation and Experiment".

Keynote and Presentations

Prof. Peng Liu was a featured Plenary Speaker at the conference, delivering a keynote address titled "Computational Studies of Flexible Catalytic Systems". His talk highlighted the group's latest advances in modeling dynamic catalytic environments to predict reactivity and selectivity more accurately. Graduate student Mithun C. Madhusudhanan also represented the group, presenting a poster on his recent research achievements. The conference provided an excellent platform for the group to engage with the global computational chemistry community, including many alumni and collaborators of the Houk Research Group.

Announcing HRC 2026 in Pittsburgh

We are excited to announce that the Peng Liu Group will host the 2026 Houk Research Conference here in Pittsburgh!

The event is scheduled for June 24–26, 2026. We look forward to welcoming colleagues from around the world to the University of Pittsburgh for another year of cutting-edge science and collaboration. Stay tuned for more details on registration and the program in the coming months.