Curriculum Vitae
| Dominik Kröner |
| Born: 1973 in Göttingen (Germany) |
Research Experience
| 2005 - present |
Research associate at Institute of Chemistry, Universität Potsdam; Principal investigator positions (DFG Eigene Stelle), projects KR 2942/1 "Quantum theory of laser pulse controlled chiral molecular switches on surfaces", KR 2942/2 "Chiral detection and reaction control by ultrashort elliptically polarized laser pulses". Other employments: DFG Collaborative Research Centre Sfb 658 "Elementary Processes in Molecular Switches at Surfaces" (2006 - 2007) and Potsdam-Golmer BMBF-Research Unit for System Biology GoFORSYS (2008 - 2009 & 2011)
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| 2004 - 2005 |
Postdoctoral research fellow for Prof. Dr. P. Saalfrank at Institute of Chemistry, Universität Potsdam, SPP 1093 "Dynamics of electron transfer processes at surfaces", project "(Quantum theory for laser-femtochemistry at metal surfaces and films" |
| 2003 - 2004 | Postdoctoral research fellow at Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max-Planck-Society, Berlin, Department of Chemical Physics (Prof. Dr. H.-J. Freund), theory group of Prof. Dr. T. Klüner, project: "Theoretical Investigations on the Electronic Structure and Dynamics of Nitrogen Monoxide on a Well-defined Nickel Oxide Surface" |
| 2002 | Research assistant with Prof. Dr. Ch. Schütte at Institute of Mathematics (FU Berlin), DFG Research Center, project: "Conformational change of biomolecules possessing mirror image states, implementation of respective software modules" |
| 1999 - 2002 | Research assistant (doctoral candidate) with Prof. Dr. J. Manz at Institute of Chemistry (FU Berlin), German-Japanese DFG-JSPS cooperation project: "Enantiomer selective laser control" |
Scientific Education, Degrees
| 2015 | Privatdozent (PD) at the Institute of Chemistry (Theoretical Chemistry), University of Potsdam, Germany. |
| 2014 | Habilitation (postdoctoral lecture qualification), University of Potsdam, Germany; Thesis: "Analysis and Control of Light-Induced Processes in Molecules: Electron and
Nuclear Quantum Dynamics for Aspects of Stereoisomerism and Spectroscopy " (in English). |
| 2003 | Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.), Grade: Summa cum laude; Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, FU-Berlin; Doctoral thesis: "Theory of Selective Preparation of Enantiomers by Laser Pulses" (in English). |
| 1999 | Diplom in Chemistry (Grade: With Distinction); Diploma thesis (group of Prof. Dr. J. Manz, Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, FU-Berlin), Title: "Quantentheorie zur Laserpuls-kontrollierten Präparation von Enantiomeren: Modellsimulation für H2POSH" (Quantum theory for the laser pulse controlled preparation of enantiomers: model simulation for H2POSH) |
| 1993 | Studies in Chemistry (Diplom), Freie Universität (FU) Berlin, Germany |
Stays Abroad
| Apr. - May 2000/2001 |
Two visits to Prof. Dr. Y. Fujimura, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan |
| 1990 - 1991 |
Commack High School, Long Island, New York, United States of America |
Funded Research Projects
- DFG Research Unit FOR 1282 (Controlling the Electronic Structure of Semiconductor Nanoparticles by Doping and Hybrid Formation), Subproject K (Co-principal investigator with Prof. Dr. P. Saalfrank): Excited State Properties and Spectroscopy of Semiconductor Nanoparticles, since March 2014
- DFG (German Research Foundation) project KR 2942/2 (principal investigator), Title: "Chiral detection and reaction control by ultrashort elliptically polarized laser pulses", 2009 - 2011 & since 2012
- DFG (German Research Foundation) project KR 2942/1 (principal investigator), Title: "Quantum theory of laser pulse controlled chiral molecular switches on surfaces", 2005 - 2006 & 2007 - 2008