Mario Barbatti is a group-leader researcher at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung. He earned a Ph.D. in physics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in 2001 for his investigations on hydrogen ionic clusters. In 2008, he earned a Habilitation degree (Privatdozent) in quantum chemistry from the University of Vienna where he was a postdoc fellow from 2004 to 2010.

The research in Barbatti's group is mainly focused on nonadiabatic processes that occur after molecular photoexcitation. These investigations are carried out by means of quantum chemistry calculations and excited-state dynamics simulations.

Mario Barbatti is one of the main developers of the NEWTON-X program and collaborates to the development of the COLUMBUS program system.

More about the research lines

In the pages below you can know more about the current and past research lines of Mario Barbatti in his current institution (MPI-Mülheim) and in the previous institutions where he was affiliated (Vienna, Rio).

• Ultrafast and nonadiabatic phenomena

• Internal conversion of DNA/RNA bases

• UV/vis spectrum simulations

• Excited-state proton transfer

• Simulation methods

• Inner-shell excitation

• Studies in atomic and molecular physics

Open positions

PhD and postdoc levels:

We will soon open new positions to work with photodynamics simulations and quantum chemistry. You can already send your application by e-mail to barbatti@mpi-muelheim.mpg.de. Don’t forget to attach your CV with at least one reference contact.

Master (Diploma Arbeit):

If you study chemistry, physics or a related field in a university near Mülheim (Düsseldorf, Duisburg-Essen, etc.) and would like to work in this field during your master or Diploma, just drop a message to barbatti@mpi-muelheim.mpg.de. Projects with very flexible time-schedules and possibility of  working at distance are available in our group.