Prof. Dr. Christoph R. Jacob

Prof. Dr. Christoph Jacob

Room 204

(+49 531 391) 5347

c.jacob(at)tu-braunschweig.de

Address
Gaußstraße 17
38106 Braunschweig
Germany

Curriculum Vitae

1998 – 2000: Studies of Chemistry and Mathematics at Philipps University Marburg
2000: Pre-Diploma ("Vordiplom") in Chemistry
2000 – 2003: Studies of Chemistry and Mathematics at the University of Karlsruhe (TH)
2001: Pre-Diploma ("Vordiplom") in Mathematics
2003: Diploma in Chemistry (Dipl.-Chem.)
(Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hansgeorg Schnöckel)
2003: Research stay in the group of Prof. Dr. Peter Schwerdtfeger at Auckland University (New Zealand)
2004 – 2007: Ph.D. student in the group of Dr. Lucas Visscher at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Netherlands)
2007: Ph.D. in Theoretical Chemistry
Thesis Title: "Frozen-Density Embedding"
(Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Evert-Jan Baerends und Dr. Lucas Visscher)
2008 – 2010: Postdoctoral researcher in the group of Prof. Dr. Markus Reiher at ETH Zürich
2010 – 2014: Independet Young Scientist Group Leader at the Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN) at the Karlsruher Instituts für Technologie (KIT)
2012: KIT Associate Fellow
2013: Habilitation in Theoretical Chemistry
Thesis Title: "Reconstruction Methods for the Analysis of Entangled Quantum Systems"
2014: Professor (W2) for Theoretical Chemistry at TU Braunschweig
2020: Offer of the Chair of Theoretical Chemistry (W3 professorship) at Humboldt University Berlin (declined)

1997: Bronze Medal at the 29^th International Chemistry Olympiad in Montreal (Canada)
1997 – 2003: Scholarship of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation ("Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes")
2003: Scholarship of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation ("Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes") for a research stay at Auckland University
2008 – 2010: Rubicon Scholarship of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
2008: Dick-Stufkens Prize of the Holland Research School for Molecular Chemistry (HRSMC)
2014: Hans G.A. Hellmann Prize of the "Arbeitsgemeinschaft Theoretische Chemie (AGTC)"
2020: LehrLeo-Award 2020 (Teaching Award of TU Braunschweig)

2001 – 2003: Treasurer of the Association of the Friends of the Chemistry Olympiad ("Förderverein Chemie-Olympiade e.V. (FChO)")
2003 – 2007: Chairman of the Association of the Friends of the Chemistry Olympiad ("Förderverein Chemie-Olympiade e.V. (FChO)")
2004: Mentor of the German team and member of the international jury at the 36^th International Chemistry Olympiad in Kiel (Germany)
2005: Teacher of summer course "What Electrons are Really Doing in Molecules" for talented high-school students at the Deutschen SchülerAkademie in Hilden
since 2007: Member of the honorary advisory board ("Kuratorium") of the Association of the Friends of the Chemistry Olympiad ("Förderverein Chemie-Olympiade e.V. (FChO)")
2008 and 2014: Teacher of summer course "A Theoretical View on Organic Chemistry" for talented high-school students at the Deutschen SchülerAkademie in Braunschweig
2015: Teacher of summer course "My Name is Bond - Chemical Bond" for talented high-school students at the Deutschen SchülerAkademie in Rossleben
2016: Head Mentor of the German Team and member of the international jury at the 48^th International Chemistry Olympiad in Tiflis (Georgia)
since 2020: Head of the Agnes-Pockels-Laboratory for pupils and high-school students ("Schülerlabor") of TU Braunschweig

2010 – 2011: Treasurer of the Karlsruhe Chemical Society
2013: Member of the local organizing committee of the Bunsentagung 2013
2016 – 2019: Director of the Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry of TU Braunschweig
2017 – 2021: Dean of Studies for Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Food Chemistry at TU Braunschweig
since 2020: Member of the Selection Committee for the Henriette Herz-Scouting Programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
2021 – 2023: Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences at TU Braunschweig
since 2023: Elected Member of the Senate of TU Braunschweig
2024: Co-Organizer of the 60^th Symposium for Theoretical Chemistry (STC) in Braunschweig