Group Members
Head
Prof. Dr. Beate Paulus
Professor for Theoretical Chemistry
Quantum Chemistry
b.paulus (at) fu-berlin.de
Secretary
Privatdozent
PD Dr. Dirk Andrae
Privatdozent
electronic structure of atoms, molecules, solids; theoretical studies of complete classes of compounds; relativistic effects; theoretical electrochemistry
dirk.andrae (at) fu-berlin.de
Guest Scientists
Dr. Thomas Grohmann
symmetry effects in molecular quantum theory, nuclear spin isomers, molecular rotors, philosophy of chemistry
thomas.grohmann (at) fu-berlin.de
Prof. Dr. Jörn Manz
quantum reaction dynamics, femtochemistry, attochemistry
jmanz (at) chemie.fu-berlin.de
Postdocs
Dr. Andreas Achazi
Postdoctoral Researcher
supramolecular host-guest complexes, catalysis, nanomolecular metal oxides, lithium-ion battery, DFT, machine learning
ajachazi (at) zedat.fu-berlin.de
Dr. Pascal Krause
Postdoctoral Researcher
exciton dynamics in coupled Germanium Quantum Dots using TDDFT-based rho-TDCI scheme
pkrause (at) zedat.fu-berlin.de
Dr. Stefan Mattsson
Postdoctoral Researcher
electrochemical fluorination
smattsson (at) zedat.fu-berlin.de
Dr. Isaac Alcón Rovira
Postdoctoral Researcher
design and modelling of carbon-based nano-electronics following a bottom-up molecular approach
ialcon (at) zedat.fu-berlin.de
Dr. Tobias Serwatka
Postdoctoral Researcher
quantum dynamics of adsorbates
tserwatka (at) zedat.fu-berlin.de
PhD Students
MSc Jennifer Anders
PhD Candidate
DFT studies of geological twins separation in hydrogen fluoride
jennifer.anders (at) fu-berlin.de
MSc Tim Küllmey
PhD Candidate
zincblende type semiconductors, pressure dependent phase transitions
kuellmet (at) zedat.fu-berlin.de
MSc Jian Liang Low
PhD Candidate
computational investigation of N₄-sites in graphitic materials
low.jian.liang (at) fu-berlin.de
MSc. Jingjing Shao
PhD Candidate
fluorinated metal organic frameworks (MOFs), graphene
jingjingshao (at) zedat.fu-berlin.de
MSc. Kangli Wang
PhD Candidate
binding of molecules to the S vaccancies in transition metal dichalogenides
klwang0329 (at) zedat.fu-berlin.de
MSc Felix Witte
PhD Candidate
molecular electronics, excited states in supramolecular structures, DFT, TD-DFT, dispersion corrections, solvent effects
jf.witte (at) fu-berlin.de
Students
Former Postdocs
name, until, current position (email)
Dr. Gernot Füchsel, 2019, (gfuechsel (at) zedat.fu-berlin.de)
Dr. Carsten Müller, 2016, now scientific coordinator of CRC 1349 (carsten.mueller (at) fu-berlin.de)
Dr. Jhon Fredy Perez-Torres, 2016, now professor at Industrial University of Santander, Colombia
PD Dr. Anatole Kenfack, 2015, now associate professor at AUST Abuja, Nigeria
Dr. Krista Steenbergen, 2015, now lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (krista.steenbergen (at) vuw.ac.nz)
Dr. Susan Torabi, 2014, now assistant professor in the Shiraz University of Medical sciences, Iran
Dr. Shulai Lei, 2017, now at Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics
Former PhD Students
name, date of defence, current position (email)
Dr. Stefan Mattsson, 07.2020 (smattsson (at) zedat.fu-berlin.de)
Dr. Tobias Serwatka, 05.2020 (serwatka (at) zedat.fu-berlin.de)
Dr. Yasmeen Qawasmeh, 05.2020 (yasmeen (at) zedat.fu-berlin.de)
Dr. Kai Töpfer, 02.2020 (kai.toepfer (at) fu-berlin.de)
Dr. Christian Stemmle, 10.2019 (chrst (at) zedat.fu-berlin.de)
Dr. Davood Alizadeh Sanati, 10.2019, (davood (at) zedat.fu-berlin.de)
Dr. Chunmei Liu, 07.2019, (chunmei (at) zedat.fu-berlin.de)
Dr. Zeinab Kaawar, 05.2018, (kaawarzeinab (at) zedat.fu-berlin.de)
Dr. Johannes Budau, 08.2018, (budau (at) zedat.fu-berlin.de)
Dr. Andreas Achazi, 11.2017, after University of South Dakota, USA, now back as a post-doc (ajachazi (at) zedat.fu-berlin.de)
Dr. Lukas Eugen Marsoner Steinkasserer, 06.2017, now consultant at Basycon Unternehmensberatung GmbH (marsoner (at) zedat.fu-berlin.de)
Dr. Matthias Berg, 02.2017, now postdoc at HZB - Annika Bande's group
Dr. Marcel Quennet, 11.2016, now co-founder of Quantum on Demand (marque (at) zedat.fu-berlin.de)
Dr. Edoardo Fertitta, 2016, now member of Happy Electron Ltd and Arrival Ltd (edoardofertitta (at) googlemail.com)
Dr. Elisavet Kanaki, 01.2016, now member of Microplastics Group of Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden (kanaki (at) ipfdd.de)
Dr. Lukas Hammerschmidt, 06.2015, (lukhamm (at) zedat.fu-berlin.de)
Dr. Axel Schild, 09.2013, now at ETH Zürich (axel.schild (at) phys.chem.ethz.ch)
Dr. Timm Bredtmann, 09.2013, now at Max-Born-Institut (timm.bredtmann (at) mbi-berlin.de)
Dr. Doreen Mollenhauer, 10.2011, now professor at Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (Doreen.Mollenhauer (at) phys.chemie.uni-giessen.de)