Electronic Effects in Organic Chemistry

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Barbara Kirchner, geb. 1970, studierte Chemie in Freiburg, Mainz und Chemnitz und schloss ihre Promotion an der Universität Basel (Schweiz) ab. Bevor sie 2007 den Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie an der Universität Leipzig übernahm, absolvierte sie zahlreiche Forschungsaufenthalte in Deutschland, der Schweiz und Australien. Ihr Arbeitsgebiet reicht von der Untersuchung von Lösungsmitteln und Reaktionen sowie intermolekularen Kräften über quantenchemische Berechnungen interessanter Moleküle bis hin zu Programmentwicklung. Neben ihren Fachveröffentlichungen und ihren Herausgebertätigkeiten im Bereich der Chemie schreibt Barbara Kirchner außerdem für verschiedene Tageszeitungen und Zeitschriften (z.B. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurter Rundschau, Spex, De-bug).