The Community of Researchers Assessing Chemical Transformations and Exploring Reactivity (CoReACTER) is a research organization that is based in the School of Chemistry at University College Dublin (UCD); we also have ties with the Department of Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). We focus on leveraging developments in computational chemistry, chemical data science, and high-throughput experimentation to advance sustainable technologies in areas such as energy storage, chemical manufacturing, and waste management. You can learn more about our research efforts here or look at our publications.
The CoReACTER is working hard to practice science in an ethical, thoughtful, and anti-oppressive fashion. This is an ongoing process, but you can read about our current thoughts and practices here. Our resources are mainly designed for ReACTERs and other folks currently working and conducting research at CMU (UCD-specific resources are coming!), but you may also find these helpful!
We acknowledge that CMU occupies the unceded lands of the Seneca (Haudenosaunee), Adena, Hopewell, Monongahela, Delaware, Shawnee, Mingo, and Lenape peoples, in what is now known as Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States of America. We recognize that we benefit from this unjust occupation, the colonization of this region, and the concomitant displacement and elimination of Native peoples. We strive to enter into respectful relationships with the peoples of these lands and with the lands themselves as we search for avenues for healing, justice, and reconciliation.
| Jul 5, 2025 | Our first scholarly article, "Considering the Ethics of Large Machine Learning Models in the Chemical Sciences", has been published in Machine Learning: Science and Technology. |
| Jun 24, 2025 | Kitty Pierre-Louis and Punna Amornvivat have joined the CoReACTER for the summer! |
| Jun 2, 2025 | Vanshika Raj Singh is joining the CoReACTER this summer from BIT Mesra in India! |
| May 29, 2025 | EWCSS will be moving to Dublin, Ireland to begin an appointment as an Ad Astra Fellow at University College Dublin. They will retain an adjunct position at CMU, and the CoReACTER will continue to collaborate with CMU students and faculty. For more details, see our recent blog post. |
| Sep 4, 2024 | EWCSS was interviewed in an article about intellectual property and large language models. |
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| Jun 3, 2024 | EWCSS is going to join the CMU Chemical Engineering faculty as an Assistant Professor in 2025! |