Jörg Behler, Ph.D. (2004), Dr. habil. (2014), is a German chemist, who is active in the field of theoretical chemistry; he is a professor of the Ruhr University Bochum since November 2022.[1]

Education

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Jörg Behler earned his bachelor's degree in chemistry from 1995 to 2000 at University of Dortmund.[2] He then completed his PhD with Karsten Reuter and Matthias Scheffler at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society with a thesis entitled "Dissociation of Oxygen Molecules on the Al(111) Surface".[2] He went on to a postdoc at ETH Zurich with Michele Parrinello, before being hired at Ruhr University Bochum as a research associate, then head of a junior research group.[2] In 2017, Behler moved to the University of Göttingen as a Full Professor of Theoretical Chemistry.[2] In November 2022 he returned to Ruhr University Bochum.

Awards

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  • Otto Hahn Medal – Max-Planck-Society (2005);[2]
  • Hans G. A. Hellmann Award – Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Theoretische Chemie (2013).[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Theoretische Chemie – Prof. Jorg Behler". Ruhr University Bochum. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "CV of Prof. Dr. Jörg Behler". University of Göttingen. 2017. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
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