4 Undergraduate students joined Nakai’s Research Group at the beginning of 2026 academic year.
2 master’s students, and 2 junior researcher left Nakai’s Research Group at the end of 2025 academic year.
2 master’s students, and 2 junior researcher left Nakai’s Research Group at the end of 2025 academic year.
Prof. Nakai will give lectures and our group members will give 4 poster presentations at Pacifichem2025
Prof. Nakai will give lectures and our group members will give 4 poster presentations at The 2025 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem)
Date: December 15-20, 2025
Place: Honolulu, Hawaii
Contents
- 〇Hiromi Nakai, Mikito Fujinami, “Exploring oxaza[7]dehydrohelicene derivatives with strong circularly polarized luminescence using machine learning and time-dependent density functional theory”(Invited Talk).
- 〇Hiromi Nakai,“Overcoming limitations of fragmentation methods for non-local interactions”(Invited Talk)
- 〇Chinami takashima, Hiromi Nakai, “Electron correlation method based on two-particle reduced density matrix toward large-scale systems”(Poster)
- 〇Rei Oshima, Hiromi Nakai, “Efficient SCF convergence method using Givens rotation and error back propagation”(Poster)
- 〇Ryusei Nishimura, Takeshi Yoshikawa, Ken Sakata, Hiromi Nakai, “Geometry Optimization of Delocalized Excited States via the Divide-and-Conquer Approach”(Poster)
- 〇Miyu Onishi, Ayako Nakata, Hiromi Nakai, “Theoretical investigation of supported metal nanoparticle via first-principles calculation”(Poster)
Mr. Ohsima (D2) will give oral presentation at T2C0MSA
Mr. Ohsima (D2) will give oral presentation at The Annual Meeting of Taiwan Theoretical and Computational Molecular Sciences Association(T2C0MSA).2025
Date: Date: August 21-22, 2025
Place: College of Science, National Sun-Yat sen University, Taiwan
Content
- 〇Rei Oshima, Hiromi Nakai,”Direct minimization method for SCF solution combining Givens rotation and error backpropagation”(Oral presentation).
The 38th Quantum Chemistry Seminar will be held
The 38th Quantum Chemistry Seminar will be held at Waseda University.
Prof. Andrés Reyes will give a lecture.
Date and Time: Tuesday, August 5, 2025, 16:00-17:40
Venue: Room 904, Building 55S, Nishiwaseda Campus, Waseda University
Presentation Title:“My name is Bond, positron bond”
Prof. Nakai will give an invited talk and Dr. Takashima will give poster presentation at WATOC 2025
Prof. Nakai will give an invited talk and Dr. Takashima will give poster presentation at 13th Triennial Congress of the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists (WATOC 2025).
Date: Date: June 22-27, 2025
Place: Oslo, Norway
Contents
- 〇Hiromi Nakai, ”Breaking Barriers in Fragmentation Methods for Long-Range Interactions”(Invited Talk).
- 〇Chinami Takashima, Hiromi Nakai, ”Parallel implementation of two-electron integral transformation in infinite-order two-component theory”(Poster).
Dr. Takashima received a Poster Award at MQM2025
Dr. Takashima received a Poster Award at the 10th Triennial Conference on Molecular Quantum Mechanics (MQM2025).
〇Chinami Takashima, Nakai Hiromi, “Scalable Parallel Algorithms of Two-Electron Integrals in Two-Component Relativistic Theory”

Prof. Nakai will give an invited talk and our group members will give 4 poster presentations at MQM2025
Prof. Nakai will give an invited talk and our group members will give 4 poster presentations at 10th Triennial Conference on Molecular Quantum Mechanics (MQM2025).
Date: May 23-28, 2025
Place: Kyoto, Japan
Contents
- 〇Hiromi Nakai, ”Professor Hiroshi Nakatsuji:In Pursuit of Quantum Chemical Principles”(Invited Talk).
- 〇Chinami Takashima, Hiromi Nakai, ”Parallel computing of two-electron integrals in two-component relativistic theory”(Poster).
- 〇Rei Oshima, Hiromi Nakai, ”Development of direct minimization method for SCF solution combining Givens rotation and error back propagation”(Poster).
- 〇Ryusei Nishimura, Takeshi Yoshikawa, Ken Sakata, Hiromi Nakai, ”Geometry Optimization of Non-Local Excited States Using Divide-and-Conquer Method”(Poster).
- 〇Miyu Onishi, Ayako Nakata, Hiromi Nakai, ”Analysis of supported metal nanoparticles using first principles calculation”(Poster).
Rei Oshima (D2) received a Poster Award at APATCC-11
Rei Oshima(D2)received a Poster Award at the 11th Conference of Asia Pacific Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (APATCC-11).
〇Rei Oshima and Hiromi Nakai,”Direct minimization method for SCF solution using Givens rotation and error backpropagation”


Prof. Nakai was awarded 2024 Fukui Medal by APATCC
Prof. Nakai recieved 2024 Fukui medal by Asia-Pacific Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists (APATCC). The Fukui Medal is awarded to outstanding theoretical/computational chemists in the Asia-Pacific region.
2024 Fukui Medal
Hiromi Nakai for his innovative advancements in electronic structure theory for large complex systems.



