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Principal InvestigatorUniversität LeipzigFaculty of Chemistry and MineralogyPhone: +49-341 97-36401workEmail: ralf.tonner@uni-leipzig.deINTERNETLink: Project A6 (Tonner)Link: BiographyExpertise
Computational chemistry, density functional theory, surface chemistry, inorganic chemistry, chemical bonding, molecular crystals
University Education
2016 | Habilitation, Theoretical Chemistry, Univ. Marburg, “Electronic Structure, Bonding and Reactivity in Functional Materials from a Quantum Chemical Perspective”, mentor: Prof. Robert Berger |
2007 | Doctoral degree in Chemistry (Dr. rer. nat.), Univ. Marburg, Dissertation on “Divalent Carbon(0)-Compounds: Quantum Chemical Studies of the Bonding and Reactivity of Carbodiphosphoranes and Analogues”, thesis advisor: Prof. G. Frenking |
2003 | Diploma degree in Chemistry (Dipl. Chem.), Univ. Marburg, thesis supervisor: Prof. G. Frenking |
1998-2003 | Studies in Chemistry, Univ. Marburg and Auckland University/New Zealand |
Professional Experience
since 2015 | Visiting Assistant Professor, Stanford University (USA), Department of Chemical Engineering |
since 2010 | Junior Research Group Leader Theoretical Surface Chemistry, Univ. Marburg |
2008-2010 | Postdoc, Centre for Theoretical Chemistry and Physics, Massey Univ., Auckland/New Zealand (Prof. P. Schwerdtfeger) |
2004-2007 | Research Assistant, Chemistry Department, Univ. Marburg |
Honours, Awards and other Proofs of Qualification
2016 | “Hans G. A. Hellmann Prize for Theoretical Chemistry” of the working group on theoretical chemistry (AGTC) |
2009 | Feodor Lynen-Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2 yrs) |
2008 | Postdoctoral Fellowship of the DAAD (1 yr) |
Selected Publications
- R. Tonner
Adsorption of Proline and Glycine on the TiO2(110) Surface: A Density Functional Theory Study
Chem. Phys. Chem 11, 1053 (2010). - R. Tonner, N. Gaston
The dimeric nature of bonding in gallium: from small clusters to the α-gallium phase
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 16, 24244 (2014). - A. Stegmüller, R. Tonner
The β-hydrogen elimination mechanism in the absence of lowlying acceptor orbitals in EH2(t-C4H9) (E = N-Bi)
Inorg. Chem. 54, 6363 (2015). - M. Raupach, R. Tonner
A periodic Energy Decomposition Analysis (pEDA) method for the Investigation of Chemical Bonding in Extended Systems
J. Chem. Phys. 122, 044707 (2015). - J.-N. Luy, S. A. Hauser, A. B. Chaplin, R. Tonner
Rhodium(I) and Iridium(I) Complexes of the Conformationally Rigid IBioxMe4 Ligand: Computational and Experimental Studies of Unusually Tilted NHC Coordination Geometries
Organometallics 34, 5099 (2015). - P. Rosenow, P. Jakob, R. Tonner
Electron-vibron coupling at metal-organic interfaces from theory and experiment
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 7, 1422 (2016). - A. Beyer, A.Stegmüller, J. O. Oelerich, K. Jandieri, K. Werner, G. Mette, W. Stolz, S. Baranovski, R. Tonner, K.Volz
Pyramidal Structure Formation at the Interface between III/V Semiconductors and Silicon
Chem. Mater. 28, 3265 (2016). - P. Rosenow, R. Tonner
Extent of hydrogen coverage of Si(001) under chemical vapor deposition conditions from ab initio approaches
J. Chem. Phys. 144, 204706 (2016). - R. Nödling, R. Möckel, R. Tonner, G. Hilt
Lewis acids as activators in CBS-catalyzed Diels-Alder reactions – distortion induced Lewis acidity enhancement of SnCl4
Chem. Eur. J. 22, 13171 (2016).