Thomas Renger
Thomas Renger (born March 7, 1970 in Zittau ) is a German physicist and professor of theoretical physics at the Johannes Kepler University (JKU) Linz .
Life
From 1989 to 1995 Thomas Renger studied theoretical physics at the Humboldt University in Berlin , Germany, and received his doctorate there in 1998. From 1999 to 2001, he was a Feodor Lynen Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the California Institute of Technology , Pasadena , USA . From 2002 to 2009 he headed a junior research group as part of the Emmy Noether Program of the German Research Foundation at the Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Free University of Berlin . Thomas Renger has been Professor at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at JKU Linz since 2009, where he heads the Department for Theoretical Biophysics.
Main focus of work and research
- Theoretical biophysics
- Structure-function relationships of biological macromolecules
- Theory of energy and charge transfer and optical spectra
- Primary reactions of photosynthesis
- Dissipative quantum dynamics
Awards and grants
- German National Academic Foundation (Humboldt University Berlin 1992–1995)
- German National Academic Foundation (Humboldt University Berlin 1996–1998)
- Feodor Lynen Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (California Institute of Technology, 1999–2001)
- Emmy Noether Program of the German Research Foundation (Free University Berlin, 2002–2007)
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| SURNAME | Renger, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zittau , GDR |