Reinhart Ahlrichs

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Prof. Dr. Reinhart Ahlrichs is a German theoretical chemist.

Ahlrichs studied Physics at the University of Goettingen (Diplom (M.Sc.) in 1965) and received his PhD in 1968 with W. A. Bingel. From 1968-69 he was assistant at Goettingen with Werner Kutzelnigg and from 1969-70 Postdoctoral Fellow with C. C. J. Roothaan at the University of Chicago.

After a period as assistant from 1970-75 in Karlsruhe he has been Professor of Theoretical chemistry at the University of Karlsruhe since 1975. He also heads a research group at the Institute for Nanotechnology (INT) of Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe.

His group has developed the program TURBOMOLE among other things.

[edit] Awards

• Liebig-Denkmuenze (2000) from the German Chemical Society (GDCh)
• Bunsen-Denkmuenze (2000) from Deutsche Bunsengesellschaft

[edit] Memberships

• International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science (since 1992)
• Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften (since 1991)

[edit] External links

• Homepage
• Research summary (PDF)
• TURBOMOLE program
• ISI Highly Cited Researcher