Theoretical Chemistry Group - Faculty for Chemistry and Pharmacy

Prof. Dr. Christian Ochsenfeld

Address

Prof. Dr. Christian Ochsenfeld
Chair of Theoretical Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
University of Munich (LMU)
Butenandtstr. 5 (B)
D-81377 München
Germany

Phone +49 89 2180 - 77920 (Prof. Ochsenfeld)
+49 89 2180 - 77921 (Secretary)
Room B5.002
E-Mail christian.ochsenfeld[at]cup.uni-muenchen.de
Curriculum Vitae Talks

Curriculum Vitae

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

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

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