CV of Prof. Dr. Jörg Behler
- 1995-2000:
Studies of Chemistry at the University of Dortmund, Germany
- 2000:
External Diploma Thesis at the University of Reading, UK
with Prof. M.G.B. Drew
Research Topic: "Water-Structuring Properties of Carbohydrates"
- 2000-2004:
Graduate Student at the Fritz-Haber-Institut of the Max-Planck-Society, Berlin, Germany,
with Dr. Karsten Reuter and Prof. Matthias Scheffler
Ph.D. Thesis: "Dissociation of Oxygen Molecules on the Al(111) Surface"
- 2005:
Postdoc at the Fritz-Haber-Institut of the Max-Planck-Society, Berlin, Germany,
with Dr. Karsten Reuter
- 2006-2007:
Postdoc at the ETH Zurich, USI-Campus Lugano, Switzerland,
with Prof. Michele Parrinello
Research Topic: "Metadynamics Simulations of Phase Transitions in Solids"
- 2007-2008:
Research Associate at the Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany,
with Prof. Dominik Marx
- 2008-2017:
Head of an Independent Junior Research Group, Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
- June 2014:
Habilitation in Theoretical Chemistry, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
- since February 2017:
Full Professor for Theoretical Chemistry (W3), Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
Awards and Fellowships
- 1997-1998:
WASAG fellowship
- 2001:
Jahrgangsbestenpreis Chemie der Universität Dortmund
- 2003:
Winner of the "Young Investigator Competition",
Gordon Research Conference on Dynamics at Surfaces,
Andover, NH, USA
- 2005:
Otto-Hahn Medal of the Max-Planck-Society
- 2006-2007:
Postdoctoral fellowship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- 2008-2011:
Member of the "Junges Kolleg" of the Academy of Sciences of NRW and research fellowship
- 04/2008-04/2009:
Liebig fellowship of the Stiftung Stipendien-Fonds des Verbandes der Chemischen Industrie
- 05/2009-08/2014:
Head of an Emmy-Noether group of the DFG
- 2013:
Hans G. A. Hellmann Award of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Theoretische Chemie
- 09/2014-01/2017:
Heisenberg fellowship of the DFG
- 02/2017-08/2019:
Heisenberg Professorship, Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
Memberships
- Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft
- Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker
- Deutsche Bunsengesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft Theoretische Chemie