Prof. Dr. Barbara Kirchner
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Prof. Dr. Barbara Kirchner Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry Clausius Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie Universität Bonn Beringstraße 4+6 D - 53115 Bonn Tel.: 0228/73-60442 |
General Research Interests and Areas:
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Online-Talks:
- "Getting the best out of calculations of solvents" - Talk on the PAThlestra seminar, CICECO Aveiro Institute of Materials University of Aveiro, Portugal, September 2020
- "Getting the Best out of Ionic and Molecular Liquid Simulations" - Talk on the ATOMS seminar, Universidade Federal Do Rio De Janeiro, Brasil, October 2020
- FOMD – Floating Orbital Molecular Dynamics
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Peacemaker – The Quantum Cluster Equilibrium Approach to Liquid Phase Properties
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TRAVIS – Trajectory Analyzer and Visualizer
Interviews and Media Coverage
- "Auf, nach Bonn" (Podcast from the University Bonn, YouTube channel uni-bonn.tv)
- Testimonial from "Nachrichten aus der Chemie", Vol. 61, Dez. 2013
- "Jetzt mal Klartext, Frau Kirchner und Herr Gansäuer, ... ... wie gut ist die Vernetzung von Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft?" (Interview in ChemCologne Compact 2022)
2019 |
Invited Professor - University of Strasbourg - Winter Semester 2019 |
2019 | Ruth Lynden-Bell Award |
2017 | The Inman Lecture |
2004 |
Invitation to the European Union's \Chairmen of the European Research Councils' Chemistry Committees" (CERC3) Workshop on Neoteric solvents as Reaction Media: St. Malo (France) |
2003 | Fall meeting of the Swiss Chemical Society: Talk awarded as best oral presentation in Computational Chemistry |
2002 - 2003 | Member of the mentoring program Deutschschweiz for the academic promotion of talented women |
1998 - 1999 | Scholar of Novartis Foundation, Swiss National Science Foundation, Max-Planck-Society, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
1999 - | Member of several societies: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Theoretische Chemie (AGTC), Bunsengesellschaft and Deutsche physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG), Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCH), American chemical society (ACS) |
Professional Activities and Services performed
Since 2022 |
Senior Editor of Journal of Physical Chemistry A/B/C |
2020-2022 | Head of the Department of Chemistry |
Since 2020 | Editor of the Journal of Chemical Physics |
Since 2019 |
DFG committee “Gerätekommission” — elected for a four-year term |
2015-2019 | DFG committee for “IT-Infrastruktur” |
2017 - 2019 | Editorial Advisory Board of The Journal of Chemical Physics |
Since 2016 | Editorial Board of Topics in Current Chemistry |
2008 - 2012 | Equal opportunity commissioner of Chemistry faculity the University of Leipzig |
01/01/2013 | Professor position in Bonn |
01/05/2007 | Professor position in Leipzig |
01/2006 | Habilitationskolloquium, venia legendi |
01/2006 | Habilitation thesis |
07/2004 | Mentee of Prof. Dr. S. D. Peyerimhoff at the Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn (Germany) |
11/2003-07/2004 | Postdoc (Habilitandin) of Prof. Dr. B. A. Hess at the Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn (Germany) |
03/2002-10/2003 | Postdoc of Prof. Dr. J. Hutter at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Zürich (Switzerland) |
06/2001-02/2002 | Postdoc of Prof. Dr. J. Hutter at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Zürich (Switzerland) |
04/2000-04/2001 | Postdoc of Prof. Dr. D. Marx at the Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, University Bochum (Germany) |
06/1999-04/2000 | Postdoc of Priv. Doz. D. Marx and Prof. M. Parrinello at the Max-Planck Institute of Festkörperforschung (Stuttgart/Germany) |
04/1998-05/1998 | Visiting scientist at the University of Queensland in Brisbane (Australia) under supervision of Dr. Debra (Searles) Bernardt |
12/1995-06/1999 | PhD student at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Basel (Switzerland) on MD-simulations under supervision of Prof. Dr. H. Huber |
02-10/1995 | Diploma thesis at the Institute of physics/TU Chemnitz (Germany) on density matrix theory under supervision of Prof. Dr. M. Schreiber |
10/1992-1994 | Studies of chemistry at the Johannes-Gutenberg University of Mainz (Germany) |
10/1990-1992 | Studies of chemistry at the Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg (Germany) |