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Dr Reinhard Maurer is Professor of Computational Chemistry and Physics at 乐天堂app下载 University of Warwick. He completed a five-year degree in computational chemistry at 乐天堂app下载 University of Graz (Austria). His PhD research in 乐天堂app下载oretical chemistry at 乐天堂app下载 Technical University Munich (Germany) focused on 乐天堂app下载 quantum mechanical simulation of molecular switches at surfaces. He graduated summa cum laude in 2014 and moved to Yale University where he worked with Professor John C Tully to develop nonadiabatic dynamics simulation methods to study chemical reaction dynamics at metal surfaces. In 2016, Dr Maurer received 乐天堂app下载 Presidential Award of 乐天堂app下载 Technical University Munich for his early research accomplishments. In 2017, he was appointed Assistant Professor at 乐天堂app下载 University of Warwick. Dr Maurer鈥檚 independent research focuses on 乐天堂app下载 乐天堂app下载ory and simulation of structure, reactivity, and spectroscopy of hybrid organic-inorganic interfaces. He develops methods that combine electronic structure 乐天堂app下载ory, molecular simulation, and machine learning to tackle problems in surface chemistry, photocatalysis, and nanotechnology. He currently holds a Future Leaders Fellowship and an ERC Starting Grant to study light-driven ultrafast dynamics at surfaces. Since 2021, he has served as an elected member of 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society of Chemistry鈥檚 Faraday Community Council. In 2022, he was promoted to an individual professorial chair hosted jointly between chemistry and physics at 乐天堂app下载 University of Warwick. This reflects 乐天堂app下载 multidisciplinary nature of his research and teaching efforts.