Leticia González Explained

Leticia González
Birth Place:	Madrid, Spain
Nationality:	Spanish
Field:	Theoretical Chemistry
Work Institution:	University of Vienna
Alma Mater:	Autonomous University of Madrid
Known For:	Excited state computations

Leticia González Herrero (born in Madrid) is a theoretical chemist, known for her work on molecular excited states, especially ultrafast dynamics of DNA nucleobases^[1] and highly accurate simulations of transition metal complexes.^[2]

Biography

Leticia González was born in Madrid, Spain and studied chemistry from 1989 to 1994 at the Autonomous University of Madrid. In 1995, she earned her master's degree from King's College London. She returned to Autonomous University of Madrid for her PhD, which she earned in 1998.^[3] She then moved to the Free University of Berlin and completed her Habilitation in 2004.^[4] In 2007, she was appointed Professor for Theoretical and Physical Chemistry at the University of Jena. In 2011, she became Full Professor for Computational Chemistry, Theoretical Chemistry and Scientific Computing at the University of Vienna.^[5]

Honours and awards

• 2018: Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Lorraine^{[6] [7]}
• 2014: Löwdin lecturer
• 2011: Dirac Medal of the WATOC (World Association of Theoretical Chemists)
• 2006: Heisenberg Stipendium, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
• 2005: Guest Professorship Award, Berliner Frauenförderung
• 2005: SIGMA-ALDRICH Award for best Young Researchers, Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry, Spain
• 1999: Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship
• 1999: Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado 1998/1999 (Best PhD Thesis year 1998/1999), Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

External links

• Homepage of Leticia González' group at the University of Vienna

Notes and References

1. Martin Richter, Philipp Marquetand, Jesús González-Vázquez, Ignacio Sola, Leticia González . Femtosecond intersystem crossing in the DNA nucleobase cytosine . J. Phys. Chem. Lett. . 2012 . 3 . 21. 3090–3095 . 10.1021/jz301312h. 26296011 . Marquetand . GonzáLez-Vázquez . Sola . GonzáLez . 2103.13070 . 207548928 .
2. Michael Jäger . Leon Freitag . Leticia González . Using computational chemistry to design Ru photosensitizers with directional charge transfer . Coord. Chem. Rev. . 2015 . 304 . 146–165 . 10.1016/j.ccr.2015.03.019.
3. Web site: PhD thesis in the group of M. Yáñez and O. Mó . 2016-03-08.
4. Web site: Thesis in the group of J. Manz . 9 October 2013 . 2016-03-08.
5. Web site: Media portal of the University of Vienna, new professorships in October 2011 . 2016-03-08.
6. Web site: Media portal of the University of Lorraine . 13 November 2018 . 2018-11-18 .
7. Web site: Youtube Video of the Doctor Honoris Causa Ceremony . . 14 November 2018 . 2018-11-18 .