Welcome to The Zhang Lab Wiki!

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This is the internal documentation of our research group. Here you’ll find setup guides, meeting schedules, and internal resources related to our package and projects. To learn more about our team, research, and publications, please visit our official website.

Having Questions?

Here is a general approach you should adopt when facing problems (especially important for PhD students):

1. Try to solve yourself by looking for answers online. These habits will help you to build problem solving and independent learning skills. This is much easier nowadays with AI tools, e.g. debugging codes can be much faster now instead of reading through many StackExchange answers which may not always be the same problem.

2. Try to consult other group members. Everyone here comes from diverse backgrounds and will very likely know something that others don’t.

3. If really cannot solve after exhausting all options then ask PI. By then, you’ll probably have a clearer idea of what the issue really is, and that’ll make the discussion much more efficient.

Contents

• Setup Guide
  • Getting Started
  • Computing Resources
• Reading List
  • Quantum Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Computational Catalysis
  • Thermochemistry
  • Distortion Interaction / Activation Strain Model
• Group Meeting
  • Progress Update / Journal Club