Bjoern Baumeier
Associate Professor
Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
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Top SchoolBjoern Baumeier is an associate professor and computational scientist with a decade of experience developing multiscale simulation methods that bridge quantum chemistry, molecular dynamics, and machine learning for problems in energy, materials, and soft matter. He leads methodological work adapting Many-Body Green’s Functions Theory (GW-BSE) for molecular systems and integrates these approaches into the open-source XTP module of the VOTCA package for high-performance hybrid quantum-classical simulations. His research emphasizes charge and energy transfer in soft materials and spans scales from all-atom to super-coarse-grained models, with applications ranging from organic electronics to biomolecular assemblies. With roots in theoretical solid-state science (PhD Münster) and stints at Max Planck and US research centers, he combines deep theory, software engineering, and open-source stewardship to push computational tools toward real-world energy and nanodevice challenges. An understated strength is his track record of translating advanced many-body theory into practical, scalable code used by the community.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Theoretical Solid State Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Theoretical Solid State Science at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster / University of Muenster
German, English
Github Skills (31)
energy10
dynamics10
chemistry10
gaussian10
orbital10
csg10
quantum-chemistry9
kebab-case9
quantum-computing9
data-format8
ord7
build-environment6
points6
reaction6
paths6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
votca/PyVOTCA
Jan 2021 - Nov 2021
Generic tools to interact with Votca using Python
Contributions:15 reviews, 13 PRs, 75 pushes in 9 months
pythonvotcainteractgeneric
BaumeierGroup/baumeiergroup.github.io
Sep 2022 - Jan 2025
Baumeier Research Group
Contributions:71 pushes in 2 years 4 months
research-group
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