Prof. Dr. Peter R. Schreiner, PhD

Associate Fellow

Nothing good happens unless you do it.

Prof. Dr. Peter R. Schreiner is Co-Lead of the Research Group Chemical and Biological Weapons Control at the Cluster for Natural and Technical Science Arms Control Research (CNTR) and holds the Liebig-Chair at Justus Liebig University Giessen. His research interests include reaction dyna­mics and reactive inter­mediates, quantum tunneling as well as London dispersion inter­actions as probed in the realm of nano­diamonds and organo­catalysis.

Peter Schreiner
prs(at)org.chemie.uni-giessen.de

CV

| since 2020
Honorary Full Professor, Macquarie University, Sydney

| since 2002
Full professor and Liebig Chair, Justus Liebig University Giessen

| 2000–2002
Associate professor of Chemistry, Depart­ment of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens

| 1999
Privatdozent (PD), venia legendi, University of Göttingen

| 1996–1999
Habilitand (Assistant Professor), University of Göttingen

| 1995
PhD, Computa­tional Chemistry with Prof. H. F. Schaefer III, Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens; summa cum laude

| 1994
Dr. rer. nat., Organic Chemistry with Prof. P. v. R. Schleyer, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg; summa cum laude

| 1992
Dipl. Chem., University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, with highest honors

| 1985–1987
Contract soldier (24 months) in the combat forces; last rank: Lieut­nant of the reserves

Projects

Further Activities

| since 2023
Head of the Chemistry Section and Senator of Leopol­dina – German National Aca­demy of Science

| 2020 & 2021
President of the German Chemi­cal Society (GDCh)

| 2016–2024
DFG Review Board Member

| 2012–2015
Vice President for Research, Justus-Liebig University Giessen

| 2015–2020
Minerva Foundation board member, Weiz­mann Institute, Rehovot, Israel

| since 2007
Editor-in-Chief, WIREs Computa­tional Mole­cular Sciences 

| 2006–2009
Dean, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, Justus-Liebig University Giessen

| since 2000
Editor, Journal of Computa­tional Chemistry

  • More than 300 plenary and invited lectures since 2000.

| 2024 
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Award of the DFG

| 2021
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award

| 2020
Academy Award of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy

| 2019
Royal Society of Chemistry Physical Organic Chemistry Award

| 2017
Adolf von Baeyer Memorial Medal

| 2003
Dirac Medal

Full list: www.uni-giessen.de/schreiner