About — Dr. Sascha Jähnigen

Academic Positions

Feb 2024 —

Research Associate

Freie Universität Berlin, Germany · Keller Group

Parental leave Jan – Aug 2026

Feb 2022 – Jan 2024

Walter Benjamin Fellow

École Normale Supérieure de Paris, France · Vuilleumier Group

DFG Fellowship

Sep 2020 – Jun 2021

Postdoctoral Fellow

Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, France · Zehnacker Group

Jul 2019 – Sep 2020

Postdoctoral Fellow

École Normale Supérieure de Paris, France · Vuilleumier Group

Aug 2014 – Jun 2019

Research Assistant

Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany · Sebastiani Group

Including doctoral studies

Jan 2014 – Jul 2014

Research Assistant

Universität Leipzig, Germany · Ernst Group

Education

Oct 2014 – Aug 2019

Dr. rer. nat., Theoretical Chemistry · summa cum laude

Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Dissertation: Linear Response in Condensed Phase: Supramolecular Structure, Dynamics, and Chirality from First Principles

Reviewers: Daniel Sebastiani, Laurence A. Nafie

Oct 2011 – Nov 2013

Master of Science, Chemistry · 1.1

Universität Leipzig, Germany

Includes research semester at Universidad de Granada (2012) and courses at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2012)

Oct 2008 – Sep 2011

Bachelor of Science, Chemistry · 1.3

Universität Leipzig, Germany

Research project at Technion, Haifa, Israel (Jul – Sep 2011)

Sascha Jähnigen