Autorentext
Markus Reiher obtained his PhD in Theoretical Chemistry in 1998, working in the group of Juergen Hinze at the University of Bielefeld on relativistic atomic structure theory. He completed his habilitation on transition-metal catalysis and vibrational spectroscopy at the University of Erlangen in the group of Bernd Artur Hess in 2002. During that time he had the opportunity to return to relativistic theories when working with him and Alex Wolf. From 2003 to 2005, Markus Reiher was Privatdozent at the University of Bonn and then moved to the University of Jena as Professor for Physical Chemistry in 2005. Since the beginning of 2006 he has been Professor for Theoretical Chemistry at ETH Zurich. Markus Reiher's research interests in molecular physics and chemistry are broad and diverse.

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Inhalt
Quantum Chemical Investigations of Reaction Paths of Metalloenzymes and Biomimetic Models The Hydrogenase Example.- Theoretical Bioinorganic Spectroscopy.- First-Principles Approach to Vibrational Spectroscopy of Biomolecules.- CarParrinello Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Biological Systems.- QM/MM Methods for Biological Systems.- Transition Path Sampling Simulations of Biological Systems.- PcrA Helicase, a Molecular Motor Studied from the Electronic to the Functional Level.