Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Carolin König

since 10/2020
Associate professor (W2) in Computational Chemistry at Leibniz University Hannover (LUH), time limited to 5 years within a tenure-track program to a full professorship (W3)

since 10/2019
Emmy–Noether young research group leader

03/2018 – 09/2020
Juniorprofessor (W1) in Theoretical Chemistry at Christian Albrechts University (CAU) Kiel

07/2017 – 02/2018
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Stockholm, Sweden with Prof. Patrick Norman
Topic: Theoretical prediction of spectral biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease enabled by highly efficient and adaptable multi-level response methods

06/2016 – 06/2017
Post-doc at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Stockholm, Sweden with Prof. Hans Ågren and Dr. Zilvinas Rinkevicius
Topic: Computational nanotechnology

01/2014 – 05/2016
Post-doc at Aarhus University, Denmark, with Prof. Ove Christiansen
Topic: Local approaches to vibrational structure methods

08/2013 – 12/2013 Post-doc at University of Münster, Germany, with Prof. Johannes Neugebauer
Topic: State-specific wave function in density functional theory embedding

31/07/2013
Doctorate (grade: summa cum laude = with distinction)

02/2010 – 07/2013
PhD studies in Theoretical Chemistry with Prof. Johannes Neugebauer
Thesis title: Subsystem-Based Quantum Chemistry for Photosynthetic Light Harvesting
Affiliations:
University of Münster, Germany (10/2012 – 07/2013)
Technical University Braunschweig, Germany (07/2011 – 09/2012)
Leiden University, The Netherlands (02/2010 – 06/2011)

01/12/2009
Diploma in Chemistry (grade: 1.1 = very good)

09/2007 – 02/2008
Erasmus exchange studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland

10/2004 – 12/2009
Diploma studies in Chemistry at Heidelberg University

• Emmy-Noether Young Research Group Leader by the DFG
• Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship by the European Commission
• Scholarship in Biotechnology by the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Stockholm
• Post-doc fellowship by the Carlsberg Foundation, Denmark
• Feodor Lynen post-doc fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
• Summa cum laude distinction for outstanding PhD studies University of Münster, Germany
• Stipend of the Dr. Sophie Bernthsen-Fond for outstanding Diploma studies, Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Heidelberg University, Germany
• Erasmus Mobility Grant 

12/2021
Embedded vibrations for tailored anharmonic spectra of complex systems
cecam | Flagship workshop | Anharmonic Effects in Vibrational Spectroscopy

04/2021
Computational spectroscopy of complex molecular systems
invited talk | PhoenixD

12/2020
Leading lights for understanding biomolecular systems
Christmas colloquium GDCh | Hannover

11/2020
Tailored multi-level vibrational theory: A computational magnifying glass for IR signatures
invited talk | Freie Universität Berlin