Prof. Dr. Stefan Grimme
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Prof. Dr. Stefan Grimme
Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry
Clausius Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie
Universität Bonn
Beringstraße 4
D - 53115 Bonn
Tel.: 0228/73-2351
Fax: 0228/73-9064
General Research Interests and Areas:
| Development of quantum chemical methods, DFT and density functionals, non-covalent interactions in large molecules and condensed matter systems, multi-level modelling, tight-binding QM methods, molecular crystals, exited state properties and electronic spectra, chiral molecules, reaction mechanisms |
Curriculum Vitae
| 1963 | born in Braunschweig |
| 1984 - 1989 | Study of Chemistry, Universität Braunschweig |
| 1991 | Dr. rer. nat, Universität Braunschweig (H. Dreeskamp) |
| 1997 | Habilitation, Universität Bonn |
| 1998 | Dozentenstipendium of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie |
| 1998 | Bennigsen-Foerder-Preis of the Land Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| 1999 - 2000 | Hochschuldozent, Universität Bonn |
| 2000 - 2011 | Universitätsprofessor, Universität Münster |
| 2010 | Lise Meitner Lectureship Award 2010 |
| 2011 | Member of the Akademie der Wissenschaften und Künste des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| seit 2011 | Universitätsprofessor, Universität Bonn |
| 2011 | Elected as member of the DFG Fachkollegium Molekülchemie (“Fachkollegiat”) |
| 2013 | Member of the Kuratorium of the Angew. Chem. |
| 2013 | WATOC Schrödinger Medal |
| 2013 | Elected member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science |
| 2014- 2019 | Honored by Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Analytics as highly cited researcher (belonging to the top 1% by citations for field and year in Web of Science) |
| 2015 | Leibniz Prize |
| 2015 | Karl-Ziegler Lectureship Award, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung Mülheim |
| 2015 | Reelected as member of the DFG Fachkollegium Molekülchemie (“Fachkollegiat”) |
| 2017 |
Honorary member of the Israel Chemical Society
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| 2019 |
Appointed as Max Planck Fellow at the MPI für Kohlenforschung in Mülheim an der Ruhr
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| 2024 |
van der Waals Prize for Senior Scientist 2025
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