2nd Quantum Mechanics and Open Access 2025
2nd Quantum Mechanics and Open Access 2025
Part of the Quantum Science: 100 Years of Revolutionizing Our World series
27 October 2025
Open Access, Quantum Mechanics, Research, Physics
Welcome from the Chair
2nd Quantum Mechanics and Open Access
Welcome to our webinar series on “Quantum Mechanics and Open Access”, organized in recognition of the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ 2025).
This year marks a historic milestone—the centenary of the birth of quantum mechanics, a field that has transformed our understanding of the universe and continues to drive innovation across physics, chemistry, computing, and beyond. It is both a moment of reflection on a century of extraordinary breakthroughs and an opportunity to envision the next hundred years of discovery.
Our theme, “Quantum Mechanics and Open Access”, highlights not only the profound scientific achievements of the past but also the vital role that open knowledge plays in shaping the future of research. Open access ensures that discoveries are shared, collaborations are strengthened, and progress in quantum science remains a truly global endeavor.
We are delighted to bring together a distinguished group of speakers, researchers, and practitioners who will share their insights on how open access is transforming the way we communicate, collaborate, and innovate in quantum science.
Thank you for joining us on this exciting journey of science, openness, and collaboration. We look forward to engaging discussions and to collectively imagining the quantum future together.
Date: 27 October 2025
Time: 12:00 pm CET | 7:00 pm CST Asia
Webinar ID: 868 2457 9603
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com
Keynote Speakers
Understanding Protein Language: Developing an AI Model to Understand the Chemistry of Non-bonded Interactions
Dr. Filipe Menezes is a computational chemist at Helmholtz Munich, combining quantum chemistry, AI, and molecular simulations to advance drug discovery. With a strong foundation in synthesis, spectroscopy, and industrial thermodynamics, he developed the quantum chemistry package ULYSSES and has led the creation of AI/ML models enriched with quantum and molecular dynamics data. His research centers on modeling the molecular machinery of life—understanding biomolecular behavior and designing chemical probes that modulate function. Dr. Menezes has contributed significantly to protein-ligand modeling, including the co-development of MISATO, a machine learning dataset for structure-based drug discovery. He holds a PhD from the University of Stuttgart and has received multiple awards for academic excellence.
Department of Mathematics, City St George's, University of London, London, England
Entanglement Measures in Many-Body Quantum Systems
Dr. Olalla Castro-Alvaredo completed a BSc, MSc and PhD in Particle Physics at the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Spain). In 2001 she became a postdoc at Freie Universität Berlin, followed by an EU-funded postdoc at Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon in 2004. She became a lecturer at City St George's, University of London in 2005 and has worked there ever since. She is now an Associate Professor in Theoretical Physics. Her research focuses on integrable quantum field theory and related models such as conformal field theory and quantum spin chains. Her best-known contributions relate to the study of entanglement measures and of the out-of-equilibrium dynamics of such theories.
Department of Mathematics, City St George's, University of London, Northampton Square, London, UK
Ghost Free Higher Time-Derivative Theories
Professor Andreas Fring studied physics at the Technische Universität München and the University of London, earning his PhD in theoretical physics from Imperial College London in 1992. He joined City University London’s Department of Mathematics in 2004, becoming Reader in 2005 and Professor of Mathematical Physics in 2008. Previously, he held postdoc positions in São Paulo and Swansea, and worked at Freie Universität Berlin (1994–2004). His main field of research is mathematical physics with a focus on integrable quantum field theories and quantum mechanics. He co-authored more than one hundred fifty articles published in international journals and conference proceedings on topics including the form factor approach to integrable quantum field theories, factorised scattering theory, the thermodynamic Bethe Ansatz, representation theory of Virasoro algebras and Coxeter/Weyl reflection groups, hyperbolic and Lorentzian Weyl groups, high energy laser physics, pseudo-Hermitian quantum mechanical systems, noncommutative space-time structures and recently higher time derivative theories
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA
Advances in Understanding Noncovalent Interactions through Quantum Chemistry
After completing his BS in Chemistry at City College of New York in 1972, Steve Scheiner went on to graduate work at Harvard University. While there, he worked under future Nobel Laureate William N. Lipscomb. He was then invited to serve as a Weizmann Postdoctoral Fellow at Ohio State University. Upon completion of this Postdoc, he accepted his first faculty appointment at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, in 1978, promoted to full Professor in 1986. In 2000, Scheiner moved on to Utah State University. He has published more than 500 papers that focus on topics ranging from proton transfer and H-bonds to other forms of noncovalent bonding. He has mentored more than 30 international scholars, from Poland, Congo, Spain, Russia, Czech Republic, China, India, and Singapore.
Registration
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Program
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Speaker/Presentation |
Time in CET |
Time in CST (Asia) |
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MDPI Introduction |
12:00 - 12:10 pm |
7:00 - 7:10 pm |
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Dr. Filipe Menezes (Speaker 1) Understanding Protein Language: Developing an AI Model to Understand the Chemistry of Non-bonded Interactions |
12:10 - 12:30 pm |
7:10 - 7:30 pm |
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Dr. Olalla Castro-Alvaredo (Speaker 2) Entanglement Measures in Many-Body Quantum Systems |
12:30 - 12:50 pm |
7:30 - 7:50 pm |
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Prof. Andreas Fring (Speaker 3) Ghost Free Higher Time-Derivative Theories |
12:50 - 1:10 pm |
7:50 - 8:10 pm |
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Prof. Dr. Steve Scheiner (Speaker 4) Advances in Understanding Noncovalent Interactions through Quantum Chemistry |
1:10 - 1:30 pm |
8:10 - 8:30 pm |
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Q&A |
1:30 - 1:45 pm |
8:30 - 8:45 pm |
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Closing of Webinar |
1:45 – 2:00 pm |
8:45 - 9:00 pm |
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