Prof. Dr. Marek Sierka

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Marek Sierka, Univ.-Prof. Dr
Professur Computational Materials Science
Room 142
Löbdergraben 32
07743 Jena Google Maps site planExternal link

Education

   
10/2009 Venia legendi for Theoretical Chemistry
Appointment as Lecturer (Privatdozent) 
Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany 
06/2009 Habilitation in Theoretical Chemistry
Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
11/2000 Doctorate in Chemistry (summa cum laude)
Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
06/1996 Master of Science in Chemistry
Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

Academic Career

   
08/2023 Offer of a W3 professorship for "Digital Materials Science"
Technical University of Ilmenau, declined 02/2024
01/2012 – present Professor of Computational Materials Science
Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research
Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
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

   
since 2017 Member of the editorial board of MaterialsExternal link
since 2014 Chairman of the Board of Examiners (Prüfungsausschuss)
Coordinator of the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degree programs "Materials Science"
Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
2016-2019 Member of the Materials Science and Engineering Review Panel, Academy of Finland
08/2018 Chairman and Organizer of the international conference
"Fast and Robust Quantum Chemistry", Jena
10/2013 – 10/2016 Deputy Member of the Academic Senate, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
05/2010 – 12/2011 Council member of the Interdisciplinary Center of Computational Sciences Adlershof
08/2009 Co-founder of the Interdisciplinary Center of Computational Sciences Adlershof
04/2007 – present CEO of the TURBOMOLE GmbHExternal link
03/2007 Co-founder of the TURBOMOLE GmbHExternal link company

Memberships

Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V. (GDCh)External link

Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Theoretische Chemie (AGTC)External link