Theoretical Chemistry Group - Faculty for Chemistry and Pharmacy
Theoretical Chemistry Group - Faculty for Chemistry and Pharmacy
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Address |
Prof. Dr. Christian Ochsenfeld |
| Phone | +49 89 2180 - 77920 (Prof. Ochsenfeld) +49 89 2180 - 77921 (Secretary) |
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| Room | B5.002 | |
| christian.ochsenfeld[at]cup.uni-muenchen.de | ||
| Curriculum Vitae Talks | ||
| Date of birth | March 30, 1968 |
| Academic Background | |
| Since 2/2010 | Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at the LMU Munich (Germany) |
| 2009 | Five offers for professor/chair positions at the Universities of Vienna (Austria), Berlin (FUB, Germany), Munich (LMU, Germany), Uppsala (Löwdin chair, Sweden), and Konstanz (Germany) |
| 3/2002–1/2010 | Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at the Universität Tübingen (Germany) |
| 2001 | Offers for professor positions at the Universities Tübingen and Essen (Germany) |
| 10/2000–2/2002 | Leader of an Emmy Noether research group at the Universität Mainz (Germany) |
| 4/1998–9/2000 | Liebig fellowship at the Universität Mainz (Germany) |
| 6/1995–3/1998 | Postdoctoral research at UC Berkeley (USA) with Prof. Dr. Martin Head-Gordon |
| 1/1992–12/1994 | Ph.D. thesis at the Universität Karlsruhe (Germany) with Prof. Dr. Reinhart Ahlrichs (Summa cum laude) |
| Awards | |
| 2025 | ERC Advanced Grant 'QCexplore' |
| 9/2017 | Elected Board Member of the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists (WATOC) |
| 8/2017 | Max-Planck-Fellow at MPI-FKF, Stuttgart, Germany |
| 7/2017 | Elected Member of the 'International Academy of Quantum Molecular Sciences' (IAQMS) |
| 11/2016 | Teaching Award 2016 at Bavarian Universities (Preis für gute Lehre an Bayerns Universitäten) |
| 10/2012 | Mulliken Lecture, University of Georgia, USA |
| 2000–2002 | Emmy Noether research grant (DFG) |
| 1998–2000 | Liebig fellowship (FCI; Habilitationsstipendium) |
| 1995–1998 | Postdoctoral fellowship at UC Berkeley (USA) by DFG and UC Berkeley |
| 12/1994 | Ph.D. thesis with distinction (Summa cum laude) |
| Selected Professional Activities | |
| Since 2023 | Director of the Department of Chemistry at LMU Munich |
| 2021–2023 | Deputy Director of the Department of Chemistry at LMU Munich |
| 2019–2021 | Director of the Department of Chemistry at LMU Munich |
| 2015–2019 | Deputy Director of the Department of Chemistry at LMU Munich |
| Since 2014 | Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the IWR (Institut für wissenschaftliches Rechnen) at the University of Heidelberg |
| 2014 | Panel member of the European Research Council (ERC) |
| 2013–2017 | Chairman of the Theoretical Chemical Society (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Theoretische Chemie) |
| 2013–2017 | Member of the Advisory Board (Hochschulrat) of LMU Munich |
| 2011–2017 | Member of the Senate of LMU Munich |
| Since 2012 | Vertrauensdozent of the 'Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes' at LMU Munich |
| Since 2012 | Vertrauensdozent of the 'Max-Weber-Stiftung' at LMU Munich |
| 2009–2010 | Member of the Senate of Tübingen University |
| 2007–2010 | Member of the 'Strukturkommission' of the Senate of Tübingen University |
| 2006–2010 | Vertrauensdozent of the 'Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes' at Tübingen University |