Prof. Harald Oberhofer

Prof. Harald Oberhofer 
Technical University Munich, Germany
A theoretical description of photo-catalytic water splitting on metal decorated oxide surfaces 

Personal Details

  • Nationality: Austria
  • Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
  • Affiliation: Group leader (Habilitand), Chair for Theoretical Chemistry, TU Munich

Education

  • Feb. 2008 PhD in Physics, University of Vienna, Austria, with Prof. Christoph Dellago. (graduation with distinction)
  • July 2005 Master des Sciences de la Matiére (MSc), Ecole Normale Supérieure Lyon, France.
  • Oct. 2004 Diploma in Physics (MSc), University of Vienna, Austria. (graduation with distinction)

Work History

  • Feb. 2011 – Group leader (Habilitand), with Prof. Karsten Reuter, Chair for Theoretical Chemistry, Technical University Munich.
  • Feb. 2012 – Jan. 2014 von Humboldt Foundation post-doctoral research fellow, with Prof. Karsten Reuter, Chair for Theoretical Chemistry, Technical University Munich.
  • Feb. 2008 – Jan. 2011 Post-Doctoral research associate, with Dr. Jochen Blumberger, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge.
  • Dec. 2004 – Jan. 2008 Research assistant, with Prof. Christoph Dellago, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna.

Research Interests

Charge transfer: Theoretical description of charge transfer reactions in energy relevant materials (e.g. solar cells & photocatalysts).

Photocatalysis: Development of computational methods for the study and improvement of photocatalytic materials.

Free energy: Improvement of currently available methods for the calculation of free energy profiles.