Christel Marian | |
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Alma mater | University of Cologne, University of Bonn |
Awards | Member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Bonn, Stockholm University, University of Düsseldorf |
Doctoral advisor | Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff |
Christel Maria Marian (4 June 1954) is a German chemist. [1] [2] She is a full professor and the director of the institute of theoretical and computational chemistry at the University of Düsseldorf. [3]
Marian studied chemistry in Cologne and Bonn. [1] She finished her doctorate in Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Bonn under the supervision of Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff in 1980. [1] She did a postdoc in the Theoretical Physics Department of Stockholm University (Sweden) in the group of Per E. M. Siegbahn. [4] She completed her habilitation at the University of Bonn in 1991. [1] In 2001, she joined the University of Düsseldorf as a full professor. [1] [5] Between 2011 and 2015, she was Dean of the Mathematical and Natural Science Faculty at the University of Düsseldorf. [4]
She has two daughters. [2]
Her research focuses on the development and application of theoretical and computational excited-state electronic structure methods – also for biomolecules. [4] [6] She also worked on spin-orbit coupling in molecules. [6]
Some of her most cited publications are:
She is a member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts. [1]