Sierka Lab – Computational Materials Science

Sierka Lab – Computational Materials Science

Multi-Scale Modeling of Complex Materials

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Prof. Dr. Marek Sierka: Curriculum Vitae

Education

10/2009 Venia legendi for Theoretical Chemistry, appointment as Lecturer (Privatdozent)
Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
06/2009 Venia docendi for Theoretical Chemistry
Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
Habilitation thesis: Synergy Between Theory and Experiment in Structure Resolution of Low-dimensional Systems
11/2000 Doctorate in Chemistry (summa cum laude)
Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
Doctorate thesis: Combining Quantum Mechanics and Interatomic Potential Functions in Quantum Chemical Studies of Extended Systems
06/1996 Master of Science in Chemistry
Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
Master thesis: Heterogeneity of Broested Acidic Sites in H-Faujasites Studied by Quantum Chemical Methods

Academic Career

01/2012 – present Professor of Computational Materials Science, Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
09/2011 Visiting Professor, Italian Institute of Technology, National Nanotechnology Laboratories, Lecce, Italy
10/2009 – 12/2011 Lecturer (Privatdozent), Institute of Chemistry, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
04/2004 – 12/2011 Researcher, Institute of Chemistry, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
10/2001 – 03/2004 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Karlsruhe, Germany (with Prof. R. Ahlrichs)
12/2000 – 09/2001 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Chemistry, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany (with Prof. J. Sauer)
10/1998 – 11/1998 Visiting Researcher at the Molecular Simulations Inc., San Diego, California, USA
10/1996 – 11/2000 Doctoral candidate, Institute of Chemistry, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany (with Prof. J. Sauer)
10/1995 – 06/1996 Max Planck Society scholarship and study of Chemistry, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
10/1994 – 06/1995 Scholarship of the Trans-European Mobility Scheme for University Studies (TEMPUS) program and study of Chemistry, Bergen University, Norway
10/1991 – 06/1994 Study of Chemistry and Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

Related Professional Experience

05/2010 – 12/2011 Member of the Council of the Interdisciplinary Center of Computational Sciences Adlershof
08/2009 Co-founder of the Interdisciplinary Center of Computational Sciences Adlershof
04/2007 – present Secondary employment as CEO of the TURBOMOLE GmbH
03/2007 Co-founder of the TURBOMOLE GmbH company

Awards and Scholarships

2001 Humboldt Prize 2001 (for an outstanding doctorate thesis)
2001 Joachim Tiburtius Prize of the state Berlin 2001 (for an outstanding doctorate thesis)
10/1995 – 06/1996 Scholarship of the Max Planck Society
10/1994 – 06/1995 Scholarship of the Trans-European Mobility Scheme for University Studies (TEMPUS) program

Professional Memberships

Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V. (GDCh)
Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Theoretische Chemie (AGTC)
Deutsche Hochschulverband (DHV)
  • Address

    Computational Materials Science Group

    Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research

    Faculty of Physics and Astronomy

    Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

    Löbdergraben 32

    D-07743 Jena

    Germany

  • Projects

    CRC 1375 - NOA - Nonlinear Optics down to Atomic scales

    CRC 1278 - Polymer-based nanoparticle libraries for targeted anti-inflammatory strategies

    Data-driven workflow for accelerated glass development
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