Prof. Dr. Reinhart Ahlrichs is a German theoretical chemist.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Awards 3 Memberships 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Biography

Ahlrichs was born on the 16 January 1940 in Göttingen. He studied Physics at the University of Göttingen (Diplom (M.Sc.) in 1965) and received his PhD in 1968 with W. A. Bingel. From 1968-69 he was assistant at Göttingen with Werner Kutzelnigg and from 1969-70 Postdoctoral Fellow with C. C. J. Roothaan at the University of Chicago.

After a period as assistant from 1970-75 in Karlsruhe he has been Professor of Theoretical chemistry at the University of Karlsruhe since 1975. He also heads a research group at the INT.^[1]

His group has developed the program TURBOMOLE among other things.

[edit] Awards

• Liebig-Denkmuenze (2000) from the German Chemical Society (GDCh)
• Bunsen-Denkmuenze (2000) from Deutsche Bunsengesellschaft

[edit] Memberships

• International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science (since 1992)
• Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften (since 1991)

[edit] External links

• Homepage
• Research summary (PDF)
• TURBOMOLE program
• ISI Highly Cited Researcher

[edit] References

1. ^ Institute for Nanotechnology (INT)