About

The goal of molecular technology is to acquire knowledge about the interactions that take place in molecular systems, both through the creation of computational models and through experimental analysis. This approach is used in modern chemical and biotechnology, nanotechnology and materials technology, in the development of drug substances and advanced materials, chemicals environ risk identification and in many other areas.

Our slogan "Clean Chemistry since 1992" is a play on words, meaning that a large part of our activity is focused on calculations in chemistry that is clean. On the other hand, since the goal is to acquire knowledge about the interactions that take place in molecular systems, the activities focus on reasonings based on chemistry.

The molecular technology chair (originally named the chair of theoretical chemistry) was created in 1992 when the theoretical chemistry professorship was opened at the University of Tartu, and it was headed by Professor Mati Karelson.

In 2005, the chair of theoretical chemistry was renamed the chair of molecular technology, where, despite evolvement of research topics, the know-how of the basic branches of theoretical chemistry and chemistry, such as quantum chemistry, molecular mechanics, molecular dynamics, chemical informatics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, etc., are still central.

From May 2024, the head of the chair is associate professor Uko Maran.