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Curriculum Vitae of Martin Brehm

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— Professional Record —

since 05/2023 Heisenberg professor (W2) for theoretical spectroscopy at the University of Paderborn, Germany.
11/2020 – 05/2021 Scientific guest visit at the University of Zurich in the group of Prof. Jürg Hutter.
06/2016 – 04/2023 Junior group leader and Habilitand at the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle–Wittenberg in the group of Prof. Daniel Sebastiani.
01/2014 – 06/2016 Postdoc at the Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung Leipzig in the group of Prof. Gerrit Schüürmann.

— Academic Record —

since 10/2009 Diploma studies of mathematics at the University of Leipzig.
01/2023 Received habilitation ("Dr. rer. nat. habil.") at the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle–Wittenberg (Topic: "Predicting Vibrational Spectra of Condensed Phase Systems").
My habilitation thesis can be found online here.
01/2017 – 01/2023 Habilitand at the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle–Wittenberg in the group of Prof. Daniel Sebastiani.
04/2014 Received PhD degree ("Dr. rer. nat.") at the University of Leipzig.
(Topic: "Analyzing Trajectories from Molecular Simulation", Mark: summa cum laude)
01/2013 – 12/2013 PhD student at the University of Bonn in the group of Prof. Barbara Kirchner.
10/2009 – 12/2012 PhD student at the University of Leipzig in the group of Prof. Barbara Kirchner.
05/2009 – 09/2009 Master's thesis at the University of Leipzig.
(Topic: "Entwicklung eines Programmpaketes zur Analyse und Visualisierung von MD-Trajektorien", Mark: 1.0)
10/2007 – 09/2009 Master studies of chemistry at the University of Leipzig.
02/2007 – 04/2007 Bachelor's thesis at the University of Toronto (Canada) in the group of Prof. Mark Lautens.
(Topic: "Neue Synthese von Tetrahydrofuran-Derivaten", Mark: 1.0)
10/2004 – 07/2007 Bachelor studies of chemistry at the University of Leipzig.
2000 – 2004 Attended the Goetheschule Ilmenau (Abiturnote 1.0).

— Funding —

since 05/2023 DFG Heisenberg professorship (BR 5494/3–1).
(783 000 Euro, Title: "Studying Structure, Dynamics, and Vibrational Spectra of Complex Liquids via Atomistic Simulation")
since 05/2023 DFG research grant (BR 5494/4–1).
(194 000 Euro, Title: "The Effect of Spatial Correlation on Liquid Phase Vibrational Spectra")
since 06/2021 DFG research grant ("Eigene Stelle", BR 5494/1–3).
(307 000 Euro, Title: "Understanding and Predicting the Solubility of Bio-Polymers in Ionic Liquids by Multiscale Simulation and Spectroscopy")
01/2017 – 05/2021 DFG research grant ("Eigene Stelle" + 1 PhD student, BR 5494/1–1).
(433 000 Euro, Title: "Understanding and Predicting the Solubility of Bio-Polymers in Ionic Liquids by Multiscale Simulation and Spectroscopy")
10/2009 – 04/2014 Funding of PhD position from the BuildMoNa Graduate School.
02/2007 – 04/2007 Travel scholarship for Toronto (Canada) of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD, "Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst").
10/2004 – 09/2009 Scholarship of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation ("Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes").

— Awards —

05/2023 Admission into the Heisenberg program of the DFG as a Heisenberg professor (W2).
09/2021 Hellmann Award of the “Arbeitsgemeinschaft Theoretische Chemie” (AGTC).

(for details, see this page )
12/2011 BuildMoNa Award "Outstanding Scientific Results" (1500 €).
10/2004 – 09/2009 Membership in the German Academic Scholarship Foundation ("Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes").
07/2004 Gold medal at the 36th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO).

— Talks at International Conferences —

08/2022 7th Vibrational Optical Activity (VOA7) conference, Edmonton, Canada.
09/2021 57th Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry (STC), Würzburg, Germany.
09/2019 55th Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry (STC), Rostock, Germany.
05/2019 118th Bunsentagung, Jena, Germany.
04/2019 Chirality in Industry: Integrated Solutions for Vibrational Circular Dichroism, Leiden, Netherlands.
08/2017 53rd Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry (STC), Basel, Switzerland.
11/2015 European Conference on Computational Nanotoxicology (CompNanoTox), Malaga, Spain.
03/2013 ProcessNet Molecular Modeling Conference, Frankfurt (Main), Germany.
11/2011 7th German Conference on Chemoinformatics (GCC), Goslar, Germany.