Jörg Behler

Jörg Behler, Ph.D., Dr. habil. (2014), is a German chemist, who is active in the field of theoretical chemistry; he is a professor of the Ruhr University Bochum since November 2022.

Education Jörg Behler earned his bachelor's degree in chemistry from 1995 to 2000 at University of Dortmund. He went on to a postdoc at ETH Zurich with Michele Parrinello, before being hired at Ruhr University Bochum as a research associate, then head of a junior research group. In 2017, Behler moved to the University of Göttingen as a Full Professor of Theoretical Chemistry. In November 2022 he returned to Ruhr University Bochum.

Awards Otto Hahn Medal – Max-Planck-Society (2005); Hans G. A. Hellmann Award – Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Theoretische Chemie (2013).