Relativistic Molecular Quantum Mechanics (RMQM) as the union of Relativistic Quantum Chemistry (RQC) and Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) consists of three components (Hamiltonian, wave function, and property), each of which is confronted with some fundamental issues, such as what is the appropriate relativistic Hamiltonian, how to make explicit and/or local representations of relativistic wave functions, how to formulate relativistic properties, how to interface RQC and QED, etc. In this lecture I shall try to address these fundamental issues from both conceptual and methodological standpoints, so as to establish the big picture of RMQM.

Prof. Wenjian Liu received a PhD from Peking University in 1995 and has been a Cheung Kong Professor at Peking University since 2001. He is an elected member of International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science and fellow of Asia-Pacific Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists. He was honored to receive the Annual Medal of International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science, the Bessel Award of Humboldt Foundation, and the Pople and Fukui Medals of Asia-Pacific Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists. His research focuses on relativistic theories and methods for molecular electronic structure and magnetic properties and wavefunction-based methods for strongly correlated electrons.