Talks by the MQD Group and Guests in Rostock

2024

  • 16.07. (Physics Seminar): Dr. Mariana Rossi, CFEL Rostock
    Machine Learning for Electronic Structure Properties
  • 07.05. (Physics Seminar): Lorenz Dettmann, Universität Rostock
    Bridging time and length scales for simulations of heterogeneous macromolecular systems through coarse graining
2023
  • 12.12. (Theory Seminar): Prof. Sebastian Fernandez-Alberti, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes (ARG)
    Vibrational funnels, multiple pathways, and coherences during energy transfer of organic chromophores
  • 05.12. (Theory Seminar): Dr. Ioan-Bogdan Magdău, University of Newcastle (UK)
    Machine Learning the Ab Initio Accuracy: Application to Battery Materials
  • 16.06. (Theory Seminar): Prof. Bernd Engels, Universität Würzburg
    Accurate prediction of Absorption Spectra of Organic Semiconductor thin Film Using First-Principles Quantum Chemical Methods
  • 16.06. (Theory Seminar): Prof. Robert Berger, Universität Marburg
    Fundamental Physics With Highly Charged Molecules
  • 02.02. (Colloquium): Prof. Axel Groß, Universität Ulm
    Batteries of the Future Addressed by First Principles Simulations
  • 31.01. (Theory Seminar): Dr. Hossam Elgabarty, University of Paderborn
    THz Dynamics and Polarization fo Water and Aqueous Ionic Solutions
  • 17.01. (Theory Seminar): Dr. Steffen Wolf, University of Freiburg
    Langevin-based coarse-graining of molecular dynamics into free energies and friction profiles
2022
  • 29.11. (Theory Seminar): Dr. Fulu Zheng, University of Bremen
    Modelling of Quantum Dynamics in Large-Scale Open Quantum Systems With Davydov Ansvätze
  • 20.10. (Colloquium): Prof. Jianshu Cao, MIT
    Quantum Coherence in Light-harvesting Energy Transfer
  • 14.04. (Colloquium): Prof. Frank Noé, Freie Universität Berlin
    Artificial Intelligence for Molecular Physics
  • 25.01. (Theory Seminar): Dr. Alexander Eisfeld, MPI for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden
    Near-field optical spectroscopy of molecular assemblies
  • 20.01. (Colloquium): Prof. Tonu Pullerits, Lund University
    Photo-excitation dynamics in perovskite nanostructures
2021
  • 07.12. (Theory Seminar): Dr. Bruno Cabral Tenorio, Chemical Department, Danisch Technical University
    Multi-reference Approaches to Auger and Double-Core Hole Spectra
  • 16.11. (Theory Seminar): Prof. John Herbert, Ohio State University, Columbus (OH)
    Eliminating Spurious Charge-Transfer States in Condensed-Phase TDDFT
  • 24.06. (Colloquium): Prof. Michael Thoss, Universität Freiburg
    Quantum dynamics in molecular systems: Theory and application to photoinduced processes
  • 17.06. (Colloquium): Prof. Majed Chergui, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
    Charge carrier dynamics in perovskites and transition metal oxides
  • 11.05. (Theory Seminar): Prof. Leeor Kronik, Weizmann Institute, Jerusalem
    Electronic and optical excitations from screened range-separated hybrid density functional theory
  • 04.05. (Theory Seminar): Dr. Phillip Marquetand, Universität Wien
    Machine learning for nonadiabatic dynamics simulations
  • 26.01. (Theory Seminar): Prof. Doran Bennett, Southern Methodist University, Dallas
    Mesoscale quantum dynamics in molecular aggregates
  • 07.01. (Colloquium): Prof. Thomas Heine, TU Dresden
    Two-dimensional Topological Polymers
2020
  • 14.01. (Theory Seminar): Vladeslav Kochetov, Universität Rostock
    Non-equilibrium dynamics in core-excited molecular states
  • 15.10. (GdCh Colloquium): Olga Bokareva, Universität Rostock
    Range-separated density functionals tuned for photoexcited transition metal complexes
  • 22.10. (GdCh Colloquium): Ashour Ahmed, Universität Rostock
    Computer simulations at the interface between chemistry, physics and soil science
2019
  • 19.11. (Theory Seminar): Prof. Viktor L. Sukhorukov, Southern Federal University Rostov-on-Don
    Many-electron Effects in Photoionization of Atoms and Simple Molecules by VUV and X-ray
  • 06.11. (Group Seminar): Dr. Matthias Berg, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin
    Wavepacket Golden Rule Treatment of Interparticle Coulombic Decay in Paired Quantum Dots
  • 28.05. (Theory Seminar): Alejandro Somoza, University of Ulm
    Dissipation-assisted Matrix factorization for Vibronic Networks
  • 09.05. (Colloquium): Prof. Fernando Martín, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
    Imaging and Controlling Electron Dynamics in Atoms and Molecules
  • 30.04. (Theory Seminar): Dr. Ludger Inhester, CFEL-DESY Theory Division, Hamburg
    Ionization Dynamics of Molecules Triggered by Ultra-Intense Hard X-rays
  • 16.04. (Theory Seminar): Prof. Emmanuel Fromager, Universite de Strasbourg
    Unified formulation of the fundamental and optical gap problems in density-functional theory for ensembles
  • 22.01. (Theory Seminar): Dr. Annika Bande, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin
    Pushing the Limits of Resonance Decays With Electron Dynamics
2018
  • 13.12. (Colloquium - Chemistry + Physics): Prof. Markus Reiher, ETH Zürich
    New Directions for Computational Chemistry in the 21st Century
  • 11.12. (Theory Seminar): Prasanth B. Ganta, Universität Rostock
    Ab Initio Simulations of P-Compounds at Diaspore Mineral Surfaces
  • 06.11. (Theory Seminar): Dr. Joachim Seibt, Charles University Prague
    Treatment of Herzberg-Teller and Non-Condon effects in optical spectra with ''Hierarchical Equations of Motion'' (HEOM)
  • 30.10. (Theory Seminar): Dr. Alberto Baiardi, ETH Zürich
    DMRG-based methods for strong electronic and vibrational correlations
  • 21.06. (Graduate's Colloquium): Marco Schröter, Universität Rostock
    Insights in energy transfer and relaxation processes in molecular systems using polarization controlled two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy
  • 16.06. (Samstagsuni): Oliver Kühn, Universität Rostock
    Quantenphysik trifft Biologie. Von Zugvögeln, Hundenasen und grünen Blättern
  • 07.06. (Graduate's Colloquium): Gilbert Grell, Universität Rostock
    Resonant Auger Emission in a Quantum Chemistry Framework: The Neon Atoms
  • 31.05. (Graduate's Colloquium): Lukas Wittenbecher, Lund Universityk
    Ultrafast Time-resolved Photoemission Electron Microscopy of Semiconductor Nanowires
  • 23.01. Theory Seminar): Dr. Daniel Shapiro-Finkelstein, Lund University
    From Scattering to Dissipation: 50 Years of Fano Interferences
  • 11.01. (Graduate's Colloquium): Gilbert Grell, Universität Rostock
    X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy: Computational Challenges and Perspectives
  • 09.01. (Theory Seminar): Jan Schulze, Universität Rostock
    High-dimensional Quantum Dynamics: MCTDH Theory and Applications to Excitation Energy Transfer Processes
2017
  • 14.11. (Theory Seminar): Prof. Patrick Norman, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm,
    Response theory techniques to address X-ray spectroscopies
  • 09.11. (Colloquium): Dr. Martin Beye, DESY Hamburg,
    Towards stimulated soft X-ray emission spectroscopy for materials science
  • 02.11. (Graduate's Colloquium): Marco Schröter, Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock
    Excitonic coupling and excitation energy transfer in the LH2 complex of Allochromatium Vinosum
  • 15.05. (Research Seminar): M. Schröter, Lund University
    Energy Transfer within the LH2 Complex of Allochromatium Vinosum investigated by Electronic Two-Dimensional Spectroscopy
  • 09.05. (Theory Seminar): Prof. J. Richardson, ETH Zürich
    Nonadiabatic Ring-polymer Molecular Dynamics
  • 25.04. (Theory Seminar): Prof. F. Agostini, University Paris-Sud
    Dynamics Through a Conical Intersection: The Exact Factroization Perspective
  • 26.01. (Colloquium): Prof. A. Dreuw, Universität Heidelberg
    Excited electronic states in large molecules: a challenge to electronic structure theory
  • 17.01. (Theory Seminar): Dr. Lorenzo Stella, Queen's University Belfast
    Coupling a finite system to a structured thermal bath by means of the Generalised Langevin Equation
2016
  • 07.07. (Colloquium): Dr. Sergey Bokarev, Universität Rostock
    Soft X-ray spectroscopy of transition metal compounds: A theoretical perspective
  • 07.07. (Research Seminar): Dr. Matyas Papai, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen
    Controlling the photoexcited decay of Fe(II)-N-heterocyclic carbene compounds through structural modifications
  • 05.07. (Theory Seminar): Dr. Simona Scheit, Universität Heidelberg
    Nuclear dynamics in multiple electronic decays of highly excited molecular states
  • 23.06. (Graduate's Colloquium): Sven Karsten, Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock
    Nuclear dynamical correlation effects in X-ray spectroscopy from a time-domain perspective
  • 16.06. (Colloquium): Dr. Bernd Winter, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin
    Relaxation Processes in Core-Level Ionized Aqueous Solution: Entanglement of Electronic and Nuclear Dynamics
  • 21.04. (Graduate's Colloquium): Fabian Gottwald, Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock
    Semiclassical Wigner Propagation for Including Quantum Effects in Vibrational Spectra
  • 26.01. (Theory Seminar): Dr. Jörg Megow, Universität Potsdam
    Calculating optical spectra of molecular aggregates: treatment of dispersive excitation energy shifts
  • 21.01. (Graduate's Colloquium): Marco Schröter, Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock
    Dissipative exciton dynamics in light-harvesting complexes – developing methods and models to understand a primary step of photosynthesis
  • 19.01. (Theory Seminar): Dr. Jean Christophe Tremblay, Freie Universität Berlin
    Ultrafast electron dynamics in nanostructures from an atomistic configuration interaction perspective
  • 14.01. (Graduate's Colloquium): Huihui Wang, Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock
    Simulation of non-equilibrium electronic and spin-state dynamics in transition metal complexes
2015
  • 15.12. (Theory Seminar): Sven Karsten, Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock
    Theoretical soft X-ray spectroscopy: A time domain approach
  • 30.06. (Theory seminar): Prof. Thomas Körzdörfer, Universität Potsdam
    Vibrationally resolved UPS spectra from first principles
2014
  • 26.02. (Theory seminar): Kaoru Yamazaki, Department of Chemistry, Tohoku University Sendai
    Two-step Femtosecond Explosion of Highly Charged C60q+ (q=20-60)
  • 08.04. (Theory seminar): Dr. Michael Odelius, Department of Physics, University of Stockholm
    Hydrogen Bonds Breaking the Symmetry of Electronic States in Solution
  • 10.04. (Colloquium): Prof. Villy Sundström, Chemical Physics, Lund University
    Solar Light to Electrons and Fuel – The Fundamental Processes
  • 23.04. (Theory seminar): Zheng Li, CFEL Hamburg
    Following Non-Born-Oppenheimer Electron-Hole Dynamics After Valence Photoionization Using Spectroscopic Approaches
  • 28.10. (Theory seminar): Fabian Gottwald, Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock
    Vibrational Spectroscopy via Generalized Langevin Dynamics: Applicability and Beyond
  • 20.11. (Theory Seminar): Dwayne Miller, CFEL Hamburg
    Do we live in a quantum world?
  • 20.11. (Colloquium): Dwayne Miller, CFEL Hamburg
    Mapping atomic motions with ultrabright electrons: the chemists’ Gedankenexperiment enters the lab frame
2013
  • 10.01. (Colloquium): Dr. Sergei Ivanov, Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock
    Quantum Dynamics
  • 26.03. (Theory seminar): Prof. Thomas Niehaus, Institut für Theoretische Physik, Univeristät Regensburg
    Approximate time-dependent density functional theory
  • 16.04. (Theory seminar): Prof. T. Dittrich, Departamento de Física, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
    Semiclassical propagation in phase space: A versatile analysis tool for complex quantum dynamics
  • 20.06. (Colloquium): Prof. H.-D. Meyer, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Heidelberg
    Molecular Quantum Dynamics Studied With the Multi-Configuration Time-Dependent Hartree (MCTDH) Approach
  • 20.06. (Theory seminar): Prof. H.-D. Meyer, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Heidelberg
    The Multi-Layer Extension of the MCTDH Method. Towards Large Quantum Systems
  • 02.07. (Theory seminar): T. Zentel, Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock
    (Non-)linear IR-Spectra from Classical Trajectories in Model Systems
  • 12.11. (Theory seminar): Dr. Oriol Vendrell, CFEL Hamburg
    Nuclear and Electronic Dynamics Triggered by Photoionization
2012
  • 08.05. (Theory seminar): PD Dr. Andreas Köhn, Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg Universität
    Mainz Nature of Electronic States in Multichromophoric Systems
  • 22.05. (Theory seminar): Dr. Kris van Houke, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent
    Feynman Diagrams versus Fermi-gas Feynman Emulator
  • 21.06. (Colloquium): Prof. Y. Tanimura, University of Kyoto
    Modeling, Calculating, and Analyzing Multidimensional Vibrational Spectroscopies
  • 22.06. (Theory seminar): Prof. Y. Tanimura, University of Kyoto
    Reduced Hierarchy Equations of Motion Approach to a Quantum Dissipative System
  • 30.-31.08: 2nd Workshop on "Exciton Dynamics and Spectroscopy"
  • 19.09. (Theory seminar): M. Mališ, R. Bošković Institute Zagreb
    A Search for the Non-radiative Deactivation Pathways in Model Peptides: The NH2-Phe-Ac case
  • 23.10. (Theory seminar): Prof. Jiri Vaniček, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, EPF Lausanne
    Accelerating the Calculation of Ultrafast Time-resolved Electronic Spectra with Efficient Semiclassical and Quantum Methods
  • 04.12. (Theory seminar): PD Dr. Gerald Mathias, Lehrstuhl Biomolekulare Optik, LMU München
    Temperature dependence of vibrational spectra: Intra- and inter-molecular mode coupling examined by classical time correlation functions
2011
  • 11.01. (Theory seminar): Dr. Yun-an Yan, Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock
    Simulation of the Nonlinear Infrared Spectra with Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics
  • 21.-22.03: Workshop on "Exciton Dynamics and Spectroscopy”
  • 14.06. (Theory seminar): Prof. Dr. Jörg Tatchen, Theoretische Chemie und Computerchemie, Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf
    Computational Organic Photophysics: From Time-Dependent Approaches to Semiclassical On-The-Fly Dynamics
  • 21.06. (Theory seminar): Dr. Sergey Bokarev, Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock
    Theoretical study of the photocatalytic water splitting process based on iridium photosensitizers
  • 28.06. (Theory seminar): Dr. Sergei Ivanov, Theoretische Chemie, Ruhr Universität Bochum
    Dissecting infrared spectra of CH5 + isotopologues by means of ab initio path integral techniques
  • 18.10. (Theory seminar): Dr. Mikiya Fujii, University of Tokyo
    Quantum and semiclassical theories for nonadiabatic transitions based on overlap integrals related to fast degrees of freedom
  • 17.11. (Colloquium): Prof. Peter Saalfrank, Universität Potsdam
    Ultrafast, correlated dynamics of laser driven electrons
  • 22.11. (Theory seminar): Prof. Nadja Došlić, R. Bošković Institute Zagreb
    First Principles Nonadiabatic Molecular Dynamics: An Unbiased Search for Radiationless Deactivation Pathways
  • 06.12. (Theory seminar): Prof. Emad F. Aziz, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin
    Fluorescence From Transition-Metal Complexes in Solution
2010
  • 11.01. (Theory seminar): Prof. Tõnu Pullerits, Chemical Physics, Lund University
    Excitation Annihilation Reveals Structure And Exciton Dynamics In Light Harvesting Systems
  • 19.01. (Theory seminar): Dr. Nadja Došlić, R. Bošković Institute Zagreb
    Optical and Dynamical Properties of Hydrogen Bonded Systems
  • 15.06. (Theory seminar): Prof. Michael Thorwart, Institut für Physik, Universität Hamburg
    Quantum Coherence In Biomolecular Exciton Systems
  • 22.09. (Theory seminar): Dr. Sergey Polyutov, Chemical Physics, Lund University
    The role of vibronic coupling in dissipative dynamics of excitons in molecular aggregates
  • 28.10. (Colloquium): Prof. Dr. Jörn Manz, Institut für Chemie, Freie Universität Berlin
    Panta rhei - electron fluxes during chemical reactions
  • 14.12. (Theory seminar): Dr. David Ambrosek, Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock
    PBI-1: From H- to J-aggregate
  • 21.12. (Theory seminar): Mahmoud Abdel-Latif, Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock
    Multidimensional Hamiltonian and wave packet dynamics of Mn2(CO)10
2009
  • 20.01. (Theory seminar): PD Dr. Volkhard May, Institut für Physik, Humboldt Universität Berlin
    Mixed Quantum-Classical Description of Electronic Excitation Energy Transfer in Supramolecular Complexes
  • 28.04. (Theory seminar): Dr. Yun-an Yan, Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock
    Vibrational Dynamics of Hydrogen Bonds in Nucleic Acid Base Pair
  • 28.04. (Theory seminar): Ashour Ahmed, Department of Chemistry, University of Cairo
    Geometric H/D isotope effect and cooperativity of H-bonds in sodium dihydrogen triacetate
  • 23.06. (Theory seminar): Mahmoud Abdel-Latif, Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock
    Laser Driven Dynamics and Control of Double Proton Transfer
  • 08.12. (Theory seminar): PD Dr. Burkhard Schmidt, Institut für Mathematik, Freie Universität Berlin
    Controlling Molecular Alignment By Intense Laser Fields
  • 15.12. (Theory seminar): Dr. David Ambrosek, Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock
    Excitons in Aggregates: A Study of Perylene Diimide Complexes
2008
  • 20.06. (Theory seminar): Dr. Yun-an Yan, Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock
    Hybrid QM/MM Simulation of Hydrogen Bonds in Nucleic Base Pairs