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The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Maryland boasts outstanding expertise in theoretical and computational chemistry. Research efforts concentrate on pioneering new techniques, computational algorithms, and extensive computer simulations of systems crucial to chemistry and biology. Faculty specializing in theoretical chemistry (Alexander, Fushman, Gutierrez, Jarzynski, Papoian, Salawitch, Tiwary, Vedernikov, and Weeks) are globally recognized leaders in their fields. Their scientific achievements have earned prestigious honors such as the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, the American Chemical Society's Joel Hildebrand Prize, the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in Chemistry, and the Dudley Herschbach Prize in Molecular Collision Dynamics. John Weeks holds membership in the National Academy of Sciences, while both John Weeks and Chris Jarzynski are elected fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.