Prof. Dr. Joshua Jortner

Profile

Academic positionEmeritus
Research fieldsPhysical Chemistry of Molecules, Liquids and Interfaces, Biophysical Chemistry,Biophysical Chemistry
KeywordsRadiationless Transitions, Electron Transfer, Cluster Dynamics, Ultraintense Laser-Matter Interaction, Ultracold Finite Systems

Current contact address

CountryIsrael
CityTel Aviv
InstitutionTel Aviv University
InstituteSchool of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Physics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Ludger WösteInstitut für Experimentalphysik, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Vlasta Bonacic-KouteckyInstitut für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2007

Programme(s)

2007Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Jortner is a leading scientist in physical and theoretical chemistry worldwide. He has made important contributions to the dynamics of complex chemical systems from large molecules to biomolecules, through the development of the theory of intramolecular radiationless transitions, electron transfer theory including charge separation in photosynthesis and in biopolymers, cluster size effects and dynamics of large finite systems and dynamics-function relations for biophysical change. In Germany, he continues his visionary research on "Dynamics of large finite systems under extreme conditions".