Prof. Dr. Wenjian Liu

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsTheoretical Chemistry: Electron Structure, Dynamics, Simulation
Keywordsrelativistic electronic structure theory, relativistic TD-DFT, many-body theory, relativistic theory for magnetic properties, relativistic band energy theory

Current contact address

CountryPeople's Republic of China
CityBeijing
InstitutionPeking University (PKU)
InstituteCollege of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Werner KutzelniggLehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum
Start of initial sponsorship01/04/2008

Programme(s)

2007Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Liu is one of the leading theoretical chemists in the field of Relativistic Quantum Chemistry. His name has been associated with his program package "Bejing Density Functional" (BDF) for the calculation of atoms and molecules in terms of 4-component spinors. The research in Germany will be based on Professor Liu's recent work on a quasi-relativistic theory exactly equivalent to fully relativistic theory, and on the relativistic theory of nuclear magnetic shielding, which are part of what can be called relativistic quantum chemistry of a new generation.