Daniel Graf

	Dr. Daniel Graf
	Room:	B5.004
	Phone:	+49 89 2180-77917
	E-Mail:	daniel.grafcup.uni-muenchen.de
	Link:	GoogleScholar

Research interests:

One of the major goals of quantum chemistry is to develop electronic-structure methods which are not only highly accurate in the evaluation of electronic ground-state properties, but also computationally tractable and versatile in their application. A theory with great potential in this respect, however, without being free from shortcomings is the random phase approximation (RPA). The main focus of my research lies on developing novel RPA-based electronic-structure methods, which overcome the most important of these shortcomings and manage the difficult task of pairing accuracy with efficiency. Besides that, I try to leverage the connection between RPA and other electron correlation methods, like Møller-Plesset perturbation theory and Coupled Cluster theory, to contribute to these research areas as well.