Lars Goerigk
The University of Melbourne
Biography
Lars Goerigk is an Associate Professor in Theoretical and Computational Quantum Chemistry at the School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne. He completed his undergraduate and graduate studies at The University of Münster, Germany, where he obtained his PhD in the group of Prof. Stefan Grimme in 2011. He then moved to Australia to work with Prof. Jeffrey Reimers at The University of Sydney where he also enjoyed fruitful collaborations with others, including Prof. Leo Radom. In 2014, he became an independent group leader at The University of Melbourne thanks to a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (Australian Research Council). His work primarily focusses on Density Functional Theory (DFT) for electronic ground and excited states, including method development, the treatment of noncovalent interactions, and making the DFT 'zoo' more accessible to method users. His collaborations with experimentalists involve the design of molecular switches, fluorescent sensors and other materials. He is a recipient of a 2019 Le Fèvre Medal (Australian Academy of Science), a 2020 Rennie Memorial Medal (Royal Australian Chemical Institute), and the 2022 Pople Medal (Asia-Pacific Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists).
RSC affiliations
Editorial board, PCCP (Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics)