Prof. Dr. Yoshitaka Tanimura

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsTheoretical Chemistry: Electron Structure, Dynamics, Simulation,Spectroscopy
KeywordsMultidimensional spectroscopy, quantum dissipative dynamics, chemical reaction processes, ultrafast nonlinear spectroscopy

Current contact address

CountryJapan
CityKyoto
InstitutionKyoto University
InstituteDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
Homepagehttp://theochem.kuchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp/

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. R. J. Dwayne MillerCenter for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Universität Hamburg, Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Peter HänggiLehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik I, Universität Augsburg, Augsburg
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang DomckeLehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Technische Universität München, Garching
Prof. Dr. Gerhard StockPhysikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg
Dr. Franceso RaoFreiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/02/2012

Programme(s)

2011Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Tanimura has made seminal contributions to the theoretical treatment of many body systems and multidimensional spectroscopies. Notably, there has been a long history in trying to connect a quantum system to an environment that is central to chemistry. He derived the hierarchical equations of motion that enables study of nonlinear response of quantum dissipative dynamics. He will work with experimental groups that have directly observed the atomic motions and dissipation processes; the very microscopic processes his theories cast in mathematical terms. Prof. Tanimura is hosted by Prof. R. J. Dwayne Miller at the University of Hamburg.