U.S.-Vietnam Planning Visit: Computational Organolithium Chemistry

此奖项支持田纳西州纳什维尔菲斯克大学的Lawrence Pratt教授与越南胡志明市教育大学的Bui Manh Nhi教授会面的计划访问。此次访问将包括由讲座和实验室练习组成的研讨会，内容是将计算化学应用于有机锂化合物，以培训越南的研究人员和学生。这将导致越南人、国际和平协会和他在菲斯克大学的研究生之间的合作研究项目，学生们将有机会参观胡志明市大学。反过来，一些越南学生可能会进入菲斯克大学攻读研究生课程，以进一步开展他们的合作研究项目。有机锂化合物的研究是发展新的合成方法的一个重要领域，而计算方法是研究这些化合物的主要工具。虽然越南是一个发展中国家，没有广泛的研究实验室设施，但教育大学确实有一个计算化学实验室，足以与其他机构合作开展中等研究项目或更广泛的研究项目。在越南进行的许多研究都发表在内部报告中，而不是发表在国际期刊上。国际和平研究所将向越南提供关于研究论文的准备、同行评议过程和在国际期刊上发表的信息。预计科学家和每个国家的学生之间的这些早期合作将导致长期的合作，这将使两个机构都受益。

0454045PrattThis award supports a planning visit to enable Professor Lawrence Pratt of Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee to meet with Professor Bui Manh Nhi at Ho Chi Minh City University of Pedagogy in Vietnam. The visit will include workshops consisting of lectures and laboratory exercises on computational chemistry applied to organolithium compounds that will train investigators and students in Vietnam. This will then lead to collaborative research projects between the Vietnamese, the PI and his graduate students at Fisk University in which the students will have the opportunity to visit the Ho Chi Minh City University. In turn some of the Vietnamese students may enroll in Fisk University for graduate work to further their collaborative research projects. The study of organolithium compounds is a field of major importance in the development of new synthetic methods, and computational methods are a major tool to study these compounds. Although Vietnam is a developing country without extensive laboratory facilities for research, the University of Pedagogy does have a computational chemistry laboratory that is sufficiently equipped for moderate research projects, or more extensive research projects in collaboration with other institutions. Much of the research performed in Vietnam is published in internal reports but not in international journals. The PI will provide the Vietnamese information on the preparation of research articles, the peer review process and publishing in international journals. It is anticipated that these early collaborations between the scientists and students from each country will lead to long-term collaborations that will benefit both institutions.