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Paton Lab | Colorado State University

Paton Research Group at Colorado State

👋 Welcome to the Paton Research Group

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🔬 About Us

The Paton Research Group develops computational tools to accelerate chemical discovery. We combine quantum chemistry, machine learning, and software engineering to create practical solutions for synthetic and computational chemists worldwide.

Our work focuses on:

  • 🧪 Reaction Mechanism - Accurate free energy calculations and energy profiles
  • 🎯 Molecular Descriptors - Quantifying molecular shape and sterics
  • 🤖 Machine Learning - Deep learning for chemical property prediction
  • 🛠️ Open-Source Tools - Building accessible software for the chemistry community

🛠️ Technologies & Tools

Python TensorFlow NumPy Jupyter

Quantum Chemistry: Gaussian • ORCA • Q-Chem • Psi4
Machine Learning: TensorFlow • PyTorch • scikit-learn
Development: Git • GitHub Actions • Docker • Conda


🤝 Collaboration & Contribution

We welcome contributions and collaborations!

  • 💡 Have an idea? Open an issue on the relevant repository
  • 🐛 Found a bug? Submit a pull request with a fix
  • 🔬 Research collaboration? Contact us through our lab website
  • ⭐ Like our work? Star our repositories and share with colleagues

Contributing Guidelines

  1. Fork the repository you're interested in
  2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
  3. Commit your changes with clear messages
  4. Push to your branch and open a Pull Request
  5. We'll review and provide feedback

All contributions, no matter how small, are valued and appreciated! 🙏


📚 Recent Publications & Resources

Stay updated with our latest research and developments:


📫 Get in Touch

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⭐ If you find our work useful, please consider starring our repositories! ⭐

Accelerating chemical discovery through computational innovation

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  1. GoodVibes GoodVibes Public

    Calculate quasi-harmonic free energies from Gaussian output files with temperature and other corrections

    Python 179 55

  2. CASCADE CASCADE Public

    CAlculation of NMR Chemical Shifts using Deep LEarning

    JavaScript 72 18

  3. pyQRC pyQRC Public

    Quick Reaction Coordinate: normal mode displacement of transition structures

    Python 45 16

  4. DBSTEP DBSTEP Public

    DBSTEP: DFT-based Steric Parameters - python-based tool to extract molecular shape and steric descriptors from essentially any structure format

    Python 64 11

  5. Kinisot Kinisot Public

    Compute Kinetic Isotope Effects using the Bigeleisen-Mayer equation

    Python 25 7

  6. aqme aqme Public

    Forked from jvalegre/aqme

    Automated Quantum Mechanical Environments (AQME): The code is an ensemble of automated QM workflows, including: 1) RDKit- and CREST-based conformer generator and ready-to-submit QM input files star…

    Python 8

Repositories

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  • DBSTEP Public

    DBSTEP: DFT-based Steric Parameters - python-based tool to extract molecular shape and steric descriptors from essentially any structure format

    patonlab/DBSTEP's past year of commit activity
    Python 64 MIT 11 0 2 Updated Nov 1, 2026
  • GoodVibes Public

    Calculate quasi-harmonic free energies from Gaussian output files with temperature and other corrections

    patonlab/GoodVibes's past year of commit activity
    Python 179 MIT 55 3 2 Updated Oct 30, 2026
  • SI-Hammett-Computational-Data Public

    Supporting Information for "Bottom-up Atomistic Descriptions of Top-Down Macroscopic Measurements: Computational Benchmarks for Hammett Electronic Parameters"

    patonlab/SI-Hammett-Computational-Data's past year of commit activity
    1 0 0 0 Updated Oct 23, 2026
  • SELECT50 Public
    patonlab/SELECT50's past year of commit activity
    Python 1 0 0 0 Updated Oct 19, 2026
  • Kinisot Public

    Compute Kinetic Isotope Effects using the Bigeleisen-Mayer equation

    patonlab/Kinisot's past year of commit activity
    Python 25 MIT 7 1 0 Updated Sep 30, 2026
  • pyQRC Public

    Quick Reaction Coordinate: normal mode displacement of transition structures

    patonlab/pyQRC's past year of commit activity
    Python 45 MIT 16 0 0 Updated Sep 27, 2026
  • wSterimol Public archive

    Generate Boltzmann-weighted Sterimol Steric Parameters for Conformationally-Flexible Substituents

    patonlab/wSterimol's past year of commit activity
    Python 33 MIT 11 2 2 Updated Sep 26, 2026
  • Sterimol Public archive

    Calculate Sterimol Parameters from Sructure Input/Output Files

    patonlab/Sterimol's past year of commit activity
    Python 28 MIT 8 0 2 Updated Sep 26, 2026
  • theory-suite-wiki Public Forked from CSU-Theory-Suite/theory-suite-wiki

    This repository holds the source files and html files of a documentation webpage made by the members of the Patonlab and BioE-KimLab at CSU

    patonlab/theory-suite-wiki's past year of commit activity
    Python 0 18 0 0 Updated Sep 26, 2026
  • molDscript Public

    molDscript: A General-Purpose Workflow for Quantum Chemistry-Based Molecular Parameterization

    patonlab/molDscript's past year of commit activity
    Python 6 MIT 0 0 1 Updated Aug 10, 2026