Research Areas
Prof. Domcke's research focuses on the calculation of photoinduced chemical dynamics of polyatomic molecules. The methods comprise the ab initio calculation of electronic potential energy areas, the description of quantum mechanical wave packet dynamics as well as molecular spectra, especially time-resolved spectra of ultrafast photochemical processes. The main questions are the understanding of the photostability of biological molecules and the elementary processes of splitting water with sunlight. After studying physics and obtaining his doctorate in theoretical physics at the TUM, he habilitated at the Faculty of Physics of the University of Freiburg i. Br. After a stay abroad at the California Institute of Technology he was Professor (C2) for Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Heidelberg, Professor (C3) at the TUM (1986 - 1995) and Professor (C4) at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. From 1999 - 2013 he held the chair of Theoretical Chemistry at the TUM. Prof. Domcke is a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and an external member of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Approx. 420 scientific Publications, Hirsch Index 75 (2017).
Curriculum vitae
| 1972 | Diploma in Physics, TU Munich |
| 1972-1975 | Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) in Theoretical Physics, scientific assistant at the chair, TU Munich |
| 1976- 1979 | Habilitation in theoretical Physics, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg |
| 1982 | Research stay as a DFG scholarship holder, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena |
| 1982 – 1986 | Professor for theoretical Chemistry, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg |
| 1986 – 1995 | Professor for physical and theoretical chemistry, TU Munich |
| 1996 – 1999 | Professor for theoretical Chemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf |
| 1999 – 2013 | Professor for theoreticale Cehmistry, TU Munich |
| seit 2022 | Deputy Ombudsperson, TU Munich |