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• 2011 Doctoral Degree in Chemistry:
  • Thesis: “Methods for chemical structures of arbitrary dimensionality based on the density functional theory under periodic boundary conditions”,
  • Humboldt University Berlin, Supervisor: Joachim Sauer
• 2007 Diploma in Chemistry:
  • Thesis: “Embedded Cluster Study of Defects in Calcium Fluoride & Ceria Using the Periodic Fast Multipole Method”,
  • Humboldt University Berlin, Supervisor: Joachim Sauer

• 2007/10 – 2009/09: Fund of the (German) Chemical Industry (“Chemiefonds-Stipendium der Chemischen Industrie”)
• 2012/01 – 2013/12: Research Fellowship of the German Research Foundation (“DFG-Forschungsstipendium”)
• 2012/12: Tiburtius Award of the Berlin academia, 1st place for the PhD thesis

• Ground State Electron Correlation Effects decribed by the Random Phase Approximation.
• Analysis of Unusual Dispersion Effects based on the Longe Range Correlation.

• Electrostatic Interactions in Molecules and Solids:
  • (Periodic) Fast Multipole Methods
  • Coulomb lattice sums
  • Resolution of Identity/Density Fitting
• Embedded Cluster Calculations:
  • Defects in Solids/on Surfaces
  • The Periodic Electrostatic Embedded Cluster Method
• Structure Assignment for Small (Transition Metal Oxide) Clusters (within Experimental Collaborations):
  • Application of Global Structure Optimization Methods

1. Structures and vibrational spectroscopy of partially reduced gas-phase cerium oxide clusters, A. M. Burow, T. Wende, M. Sierka, R. Włodarczyk, J. Sauer, P. Claes, L. Jiang, G. Meijer, P. Lievens, and K. R. Asmis Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 13, 19393-19400 (2011).
   DOI:10.1039/C1CP22129A
2. Linear Scaling Hierarchical Integration Scheme for the Exchange-Correlation Term in Molecular and Periodic Systems, A. M. Burow and M. Sierka J. Chem. Theory Comput. 7, 3097-3104 (2011).
   DOI:10.1021/ct200412r
3. Electron Localization in Defective Ceria Films: A Study with Scanning-Tunneling Microscopy and Density-Functional Theory, J.-F. Jerratsch, X. Shao, N. Nilius, H.-J. Freund, C. Popa, M. V. Ganduglia-Pirovano, A. M. Burow, and J. Sauer Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 246801 (2011).
   DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.246801
4. Modeling environmental effects on charge density distributions in polar organometallics: Validation of embedded cluster models for the methyl lithium crystal, K. Götz, F. Meier, C. Gatti, A. M. Burow, M. Sierka, J. Sauer, and M. Kaupp J. Comput. Chem. 31, 2568-2576 (2010).
   DOI:10.1002/jcc.21548
5. Resolution of identity approximation for the Coulomb term in molecular and periodic systems, A. M. Burow, M. Sierka, and F. Mohamed J. Chem. Phys. 131, 214101 (2009).
   DOI:10.1063/1.3267858
6. Point defects in CaF₂ and CeO₂ investigated by the periodic electrostatic embedded cluster method A. M. Burow, M. Sierka, Jens Döbler, and J. Sauer J. Chem. Phys. 130, 174710 (2009).
   DOI:10.1063/1.3123527

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