New project B8 (Berger) funded by DFG

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Robert Berger, Professor for Theoretical Chemistry at Philipps-Universität Marburg since April 2014, joins the SFB as a Principal Investigator.

His project entitled “Quantum chemistry for molecular vibrational and electronic transitions at organic interfaces” has been granted funding as a supplementary propososal by the DFG. Professor Berger’s expertise in vibronic structure theory and quantum chemistry of molecular properties will particularly strengthen our research efforts at internal interfaces of organic materials that consist of extended pi systems.

Prof. Gottfried (A4) receives Chinese Academy of Sciences Award

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Prof. Michael Gottfried, PI of project A4, is honored with a Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Award 2015.

Prof. Dr. Michael Gottfried, jointly with his research colleague Prof. Dr. Junfa Zhu of the National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (NSRL) at the University of Science and Technology of China (Hefei, Anhui, China), were recognized for their outstanding efforts in training the next generation of young scientists with the “International Partnership Award for Young Scientists 2015” by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Profs. Gottfried and Zhu met at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg several years ago and Prof. Gottfried spent in total 6 months at the NSRL as a visiting scientist and guest professor during the years 2009-2015.

Post-Lindau delegation visits SFB 1083

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Delegation of junior scientists from India and Thailand visit SFB 1083 in Marburg.

On 09.07. a delegation of junior scientists from India and Thailand visited SFB 1083. Following their attendance of the 65th Nobel Laureates Meeting in Lindau the group was invited by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) to visit selected research groups in Germany over the course of 8 days. In short presentations that included posters and laboratory tours the group was given the opportunity to learn about SFB 1083.