Jörn Manz

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Jörn Manz (born May 21, 1947 in Hamburg ) is a German physicist and chemist .

Career

Jörn Manz was born in Hamburg and graduated from the Stormarn School in Ahrensburg in 1966 . He then studied physics at the University of Hamburg and the University of Munich . At the Technical University of Munich (today Technical University of Munich ) he received his doctorate in 1972 at the chair of Ludwig Hofacker with the thesis quantum mechanical model calculations for a branched exchange reaction: A + BC → AB + C, AC + B, especially Cl + JBr → ClJ + Br, ClBr + J . In 1978 he completed his habilitation on the subject of "Development of Methods for the Treatment of Elementary Molecular Processes". In his studies he was supported by the German National Academic Foundation , the Minerva Foundation and the German Research Foundation . He received his first professorship in 1985 at the University of Würzburg . In 1992 he was appointed professor for theoretical chemistry at the Free University of Berlin . From 1993 to 1999 he was director of the Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. From 1972 to 1998 he was a lecturer at the Augustana University of Applied Sciences .

Research areas and awards

His fields of work are "Time-dependent phenomena and methods in quantum systems in physics and chemistry", "Selective reactions of metal-activated molecules", "Analysis and control of ultra-fast photo-induced reactions" and "Hydrogen bridges and hydrogen transfer". For the discovery of the vibration binding (together with Joachim Röhmelt), a new type of chemical binding, he received the chemistry lecturer price of the Verband der Chemischen Industrie .

He earned particular merits in the field of the quantum theory of electron and nuclear fluxes in chemical reactions and the various possibilities of their control with the help of laser pulses on the femto- and attosecond time scale . In 1993, Jörn Manz initiated the conference series on "Femtosecond Chemistry". From 1998 to 2010 he was a member of the Collaborative Research Center "Analysis and Control of Ultrafast Photo-Induced Reactions".

In 2009 Manz became a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina . He retired in 2012. He continues to work at the Free University of Berlin and Shanxi University in Taiyuan (China).

Fonts (selection)

  • Model calculation on branched chemical reactions (abridged version of the dissertation), Munich 1972
  • Development of methods for the treatment of molecular elementary processes (habilitation thesis), Munich 1978
  • Femtosecond chemistry (Vol. 1 & 2), 1995

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biographical data, publications and academic family tree of Jörn Manz at academictree.org, accessed on December 26, 2017.
  2. ↑ Biography in Theoretical Chemistry Genealogy Project
  3. ↑ Member entry by Prof. Dr. Jörn Manz (with picture and CV) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on August 9, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Manz, Jörn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist and chemist
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg