Prof Reinhard Maurer

My research focuses on the theory and simulation of molecular reactions on surfaces and in materials. I study the structure, composition, and reactivity of molecules interacting with solid surfaces. Our goal is to find a detailed understanding of the explicit molecular-level dynamics of molecular reactions as they appear in catalysis, photochemistry, and nanotechnology. Members of my research group develop and use electronic structure theory, quantum chemistry, molecular dynamics, and machine learning methods to achieve this.

I am also Professor of Computational Materials Discovery at the University of Vienna.

Groups at Warwick

• Computational Surface Chemistry (Maurer) Group
• Measurement & Modelling Cluster
• Theoretical Physics Group
• Core Team for HetSys CDT

Affiliations

• Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry
• Member of the German Physical Society
• Elected Member of the RSC Faraday Community Board

Biography

• 2026 - present, Honorary Professor of Computational Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, UK
• 2026 - present, Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Theoretical Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Germany
• 2025 - present, Professor of Computational Materials Discovery, University of Vienna, Austria
• 2022 - 2026, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics, University of Warwick, UK
• 2020 - 2022, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, UK
• 2017 - 2020, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, UK
• 2014 - 2017, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemistry, Yale University, USA
• 2010 - 2014 Doctoral Candidate, Department Chemie, Technische Universität München, Germany
• 2005 - 2010, Undergraduate Study of Chemistry (Diplom), University of Graz, Austria