Dr. Jens Petersen

Dr. Jens Petersen
Akademischer Rat
Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie
Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg
Emil-Fischer-Straße 42
97074 Würzburg
Scientific Vita
FU Berlin
July 2013
PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in Theoretical Physics

Thesis title: “Development of Mixed Quantum-Classical Methods for Coherent Control and Ultrafast Spectroscopy in Complex Systems”, grade: summa cum laude, Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Roland Mitrić (FU Berlin) and Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecký (HU Berlin)

HU Berlin
March 2008
Diploma in Chemistry

Thesis title:  “Laserfeldinduziertes Surface-Hopping zur Analyse und Kontrolle der Mehrzustandsdynamik”,  Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecký,

HU Berlin
2003 – 2008
Studies in Chemistry and Physics
Research Interests
  • Field-induced surface hopping (FISH) for the simulation of ultrafast processes in photochemistry and photophysics
  • Optimal control of light-induced dynamical processes in complex systems
  • Simulation of time- and angle-resolved spectroscopic observables
  • Semiclassical methods for coupled electron-nuclear dynamics
Publications