Peter Schwerdtfeger

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Peter A. Schwerdtfeger
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Born (1955-09-01) September 1, 1955 (age 68)
Stuttgart
Nationality German
Alma mater University of Stuttgart
Philipps University of Marburg
Known forRelativistic Electronic Structure Theory, Topology of Fullerenes, Physics beyond the Standard Model, Heavy Element Chemistry
Awards Humboldt Research Award, Rutherford Medal, Fukui Medal, Hector Medal
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry, Physics, Mathematics
Institutions Massey University Auckland
Doctoral advisor Heinzwerner Preuß

Peter Schwerdtfeger (born September 1, 1955) is a German scientist. He holds a chair in theoretical chemistry at Massey University in Auckland, New Zealand, serves as director of the Centre for Theoretical Chemistry and Physics, is the head of the New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study, and is a former president of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

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Academic career

Schwerdtfeger took his first degree in chemical engineering at Aalen University in 1976, after finishing a degree as chemical-technical assistant at the Institute Dr. Flad in Stuttgart in 1973. He studied chemistry, physics and mathematics at Stuttgart University where he received his PhD in theoretical chemistry in 1986. He received a Feodor-Lynen fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to join the chemistry department and later the School of Engineering at University of Auckland in 1987. After a two years research fellowship at the Research School of Chemistry (Australian National University), he returned to Auckland University in 1991 for a lectureship in chemistry.[ citation needed ] He received his habilitation and venia legendi (Privatdozent) in 1995 from the Philipps University of Marburg. He held a personal chair in physical chemistry for five years until moving to Massey University Albany in 2004, where he established the Centre for Theoretical Chemistry and Physics.[ citation needed ] He became a founding member of the New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study in 2007.[ citation needed ] In 2007 he received the Royal Society Australasian Chemistry Lectureship, and was the Källen Lecturer in Physics at Lund University (Sweden) in 2015.[ citation needed ] From 2017-2018 he was member of the Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[ citation needed ] He has published 350 papers in international journals. He was awarded eight consecutive Marsden awards by the Royal Society of New Zealand.[ citation needed ]

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