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Prof. Dr. Samuel Leutwyler
Contact
Prof. Dr. Samuel Leutwyler
Departemet für Chemie und Biochemie
University of Berne
Freiestrasse 3
CH-3012 Berne
Switzerland
Phone: +41 31 631 44 79
FAX: +41 31 631 39 94
E-Mail: Samuel Leutwyler
Web: http://leutwyler.dcb.unibe.ch
Secretary
Beatrice Niederhauser
Tel: +41 31 631 4226
E-Mail: Beatrice Niederhauser
Current Research Interests
Intermolecular interactions: Structures, vibrations and energetics of van der Waals and hydrogen-bonded complexes and clusters. UV and IR laser spectroscopy using linear and nonlinear methods, rotational coherence with ultrafast lasers.
Molecular-beam spectroscopy of nucleic acid base pair analogues.
Photoinduced proton and hydrogen atom transfer in clusters.
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1975-79 Dr. phil.nat. (with E. Schumacher), Institut f. Anorgan. und Physikal. Chemie, Universität Bern, Switzerland.
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1979-80 Post-doc (with J. Jortner and U. Even), Chemistry Department, University of Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
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1980-84 Oberassistent (with Profs. E. Heilbronner, J.-P- Maier). Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Basel, Switzerland.
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1984 Habilitation (Universität Basel).
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1985-90 Privatdozent/Lektor, Institut f. Anorgan. und Physikal. Chemie, Universität Bern.
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1990- Professor of physical chemistry, Departement für Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Bern.
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1986 Nernst-Haber-Bodenstein Award (Bunsen-Gesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie, Germany).
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1989 Ruzicka Award (ETH Zürich, Switzerland).
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2002 Teacher of the Year, Dept. f. Chemie und Biochemie, Univ. Bern.
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2003 Teacher of the Year, Dept. f. Chemie und Biochemie, Univ. Bern.