Christel Marian Explained

Christel Marian
Workplaces:	University of Bonn, Stockholm University, University of Düsseldorf
Alma Mater:	University of Cologne, University of Bonn
Doctoral Advisor:	Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff
Awards:	Member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts

Christel Maria Marian (4 June 1954) is a German chemist.^{[1] [2]} She is a full professor and the director of the institute of theoretical and computational chemistry at the University of Düsseldorf.^[3]

Education and professional life

Marian studied chemistry in Cologne and Bonn. She finished her doctorate in Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Bonn under the supervision of Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff in 1980. She did a postdoc in the Theoretical Physics Department of Stockholm University (Sweden) in the group of Per E. M. Siegbahn. She completed her habilitation at the University of Bonn in 1991. In 2001, she joined the University of Düsseldorf as a full professor.^[4] Between 2011 and 2015, she was Dean of the Mathematical and Natural Science Faculty at the University of Düsseldorf.

Personal life

She has two daughters.

Research

Her research focuses on the development and application of theoretical and computational excited-state electronic structure methods – also for biomolecules.^{[5] [6]} She also worked on spin-orbit coupling in molecules.

Selected publications

Some of her most cited publications are:

• Heß. Bernd A.. Marian. Christel M.. Wahlgren. Ulf. Gropen. Odd. 1996-03-29. A mean-field spin-orbit method applicable to correlated wavefunctions. Chemical Physics Letters. 251. 5. 365–371. 10.1016/0009-2614(96)00119-4. 1996CPL...251..365H. 0009-2614.
• Marian. Christel M.. 2012. Spin–orbit coupling and intersystem crossing in molecules. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Molecular Science. en. 2. 2. 187–203. 10.1002/wcms.83. 97659596. 1759-0884.
• Marian. Christel M.. 2005. A new pathway for the rapid decay of electronically excited adenine. J. Chem. Phys.. 122. 10. 104314. 10.1063/1.1861452. 15836322. 2005JChPh.122j4314M.
• Klotz. Rainer. Marian. Christel M.. Peyerimhoff. Sigrid D.. Hess. Bernd A.. Buenker. Robert J.. 1984-09-15. Calculation of spin-forbidden radiative transitions using correlated wavefunctions: Lifetimes of b1Σ+, a1Δ states in O2, S2 and SO. Chemical Physics. 89. 2. 223–236. 10.1016/0301-0104(84)85311-2. 0301-0104.
• Marian. Christel M.. 2007-03-01. The Guanine Tautomer Puzzle: Quantum Chemical Investigation of Ground and Excited States. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 111. 8. 1545–1553. 10.1021/jp068620v. 17274608. 2007JPCA..111.1545M. 1089-5639.

Awards

She is a member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts.

References

1. Web site: AWK: Marian, Christel. www.awk.nrw.de. 2018-12-15.
2. Web site: CV Marian. www.theochem.hhu.de. 2018-12-15.
3. Web site: Christel Marian im Interview: "Viele Frauen trauen sich eine akademische Karriere nicht zu". Zeitung. Westdeutsche. Westdeutsche Zeitung. 16 February 2014 . de. 2019-01-19.
4. Web site: Zwei neue Lehrstuhlinhaber ernannt. www.uni-duesseldorf.de. de. 2018-12-15.
5. Web site: Universität Düsseldorf: Curriculum vitae Prof. Dr. Christel Marian. www.theochem.hhu.de. 2018-12-15.
6. Book: Jug, Karl. Zweihundert Jahre Entwicklung der Theoretischen Chemie im deutschsprachigen Raum. Springer-Verlag. 2014. 978-3-662-43365-2. Berlin [Germany]. 166. 894508769.