Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Biography

Horst Köppel has been a Senior Lecturer, and later Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at Heidelberg University since 1991. His research interests focus on theory of the Jahn-Teller effect, molecular excited state processes and vibrational structure in electronic spectra. Special focus is on phenomena which cannot be described within the conventional Born-Oppenheimer separation of electronic and nuclear motions. He authored and coauthored about 250 peer-reviewed original research papers, edited three books with topical reviews and organized several conferences in the field.

Research Interest

Horst Köppel research interests focus on theory of the Jahn-Teller effect, molecular excited state processes and vibrational structure in electronic spectra.