Sigrid Peyerimhoff

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Sigrid Doris Peyerimhoff (born January 12, 1937 in Rottweil ) is a German theoretical chemist .

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Sigrid Peyerimhoff passed her Abitur in 1956, then studied physics at the University of Gießen and graduated in 1961 with a diploma thesis with Wilhelm Hanle . In 1963 she was promoted to Dr. rer. nat. PhD . She then did several research stays in the USA , for example at the University of Chicago , the University of Washington and Princeton University .

After returning to Germany, she completed her habilitation at the University of Gießen in 1967 . From 1970 she was Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Mainz and from 1972 at the University of Bonn , where she headed the Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. In 2002 she retired .

In 1987 Sigrid Peyerimhoff was a founding member of the Academy of Sciences in Berlin . From 1990 to 1996 she was Vice President of the German Research Foundation . In 1992 she became a Fellow of the American Physical Society and in 1998 a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina . It is also a member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) , a member of the Academia Europaea since 1988 and a full member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts since 1990 .

She has been a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science (IAQMS) since 1986 , of which she was President from 2006 to 2009.

Sigrid Peyerimhoff lives in the Bonn district of Ippendorf .

Scientific work

Sigrid Peyerimhoff made important contributions to ab initio methods in quantum chemistry , in particular the ab initio calculation of electron correlation and the further development of the Hartree-Fock method for excited states . Their work also created opportunities to describe environmentally relevant processes in the earth's atmosphere - especially in connection with the ozone molecule .

Awards

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Sigrid Peyerimhoff has published around 500 papers in scientific journals and edited volumes.

  • Calculations on the HF molecule. Dissertation. Faculty of Science and Philosophy at the University of Giessen, 1963.
  • Geometric relationships between AB_1tn2 and H_1tnn AB_1tn2 molecules. Exact SCF-MO and CI calculations for different states of the HCOO. Habilitation thesis. Faculty of Natural Sciences at the University of Giessen, 1967.
  • Theoretical investigation of small molecules in excited electronic states. Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1990, ISBN 3-531-08384-8 .
  • (Ed.): Interactions in molecules. Research reports from the research center "Interaction in Molecules: Synthesis, Spectroscopic Analysis and Quantum Theoretical Treatment of Characteristic Structures, 1989–2000" of the German Research Foundation. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2003, ISBN 3-527-27732-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Member entry by Prof. Dr. Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff (with picture and CV) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on July 16, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b Sigrid Peyerimhoff on the website of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.
  3. ↑ Minister Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart presents Bonn professor Sigrid Peyerimhoff with the Great Cross of Merit , State Government of North Rhine-Westphalia, February 29, 2008, accessed on October 20, 2010.
  4. ↑ Sigrid Peyerimhoff receives an honorary doctorate , academianet.de, August 3, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Peyerimhoff, Sigrid
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Peyerimhoff, Sigrid Doris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theoretical chemist
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Rottweil