Assoc.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Loerting
Assoc.-Prof. Dr.
Thomas Loerting
Personal Data
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Nationality
October 29th, 1973
Innsbruck, Austria
Austrian
Career History
2013
Visiting Professor with Prof. Roland Böhmer, Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany.
2012 to date
Speaker of the research platform Nano- and Materialsciences (Advanced Materials), University of Innsbruck, Austria.
2010 to date
Associate Professor at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
2008 - 2010
Privatdozent at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
2008
Habilitation in Physical Chemistry at the University of Innsbruck, Austria.
2004 - 2008
Assistant professor at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
2001 - 2003
Research Fellow with Prof. Mario J. Molina ( 1995 chemistry nobel laureate, science & technology advisor to former US president Bill Clinton) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
2000
PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in chemistry with distinction, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
1998
Guest Lecturer Gadjah Madah University (Yogjakarta, Indonesia) and Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok, Thailand).
1997
MSc (Mag. rer. nat.) in chemistry with distinction, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
1992
High school graduation (Matura) with distinction, Naturwissenschaftlichs Realgymnasium Reithmannstrasse, Innsbruck, Austria.
Main Research Areas and Recognition
- Amorphous systems: "Phase" transitions, the glass-to-liquid transition and crystallization kinetics.
- Physics and chemistry of ice: Metastable and stable phases, surface premelting.
- Chemistry at low temperatures: Hyperquenching and isolation of metastable intermediates (e.g. H2CO3).
Additional Research Achievements
2015
2014
2012
2009
2008
2007
Top reviewer for the Journal of Chemical Physics 2015 ( doi: 10.1063/1.4951669).
Research Award of the Stiftung Südtiroler Sparkasse.
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award (Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation).
Elected Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences ÖAW (Junge Kurie).
European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant SULIWA.
START-Award by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research (executed by the Austrian Science Fund FWF);
2006
2006
2005
2004 - 2007
Novartis Award ( >Novartis).
Liechtenstein Award for Scientific Research (Principality Liechtenstein).
Nernst-Haber-Bodenstein Award (German Bunsen Society).
Schrödinger-Rückkehr-Fellowship (Austrian Science Fund FWF): principal investigator for HDA and VHDA in relation (FWF-R37-N11).
2001 - 2003
Schrödinger-Fellowship (Austrian Science Fund FWF): Mechanism of stratospheric reactions on ice surfaces (FWF J2069 and J2234).
2001
2001
2000
2000
2000
1999 - 2000
GÖCH-award for best Austrian chemistry PhD thesis (Austrian Chemical Society).
Prof. Ernst-Brandl award (Brandl society, Schwaz, Tyrol).
CPG award for best PhD thesis in chemical physics (Chemical Physics Society, Vienna).
Christine and Georg Sosnovsky price for best chemistry PhD thesis (University of Innsbruck).
Award for excellent PhD thesis (University of Innsbruck).
DOC fellowship (Austrian Academy of Sciences ÖAW): Role of water molecules as proton transfer catalyst – investigation of atmospherically relevant reactions.
1998
Award for excellent MSc thesis (University of Innsbruck).
Current Funded Research Projects
Phase Behavior of Amorphous Aqueous Solutions.
Principal investigator: Johannes Bachler, duration: 8/2021–7/2023;
DOC-project Austrian Academy of Sciences.
XPS für die in situ und operando Untersuchung funktioneller Materialien.
Principal investigators: Thomas Loerting, Julia Kunze-Liebhäuser, Bernhard Klötzer and Martin Beyer duration: 3/2019–2/2024;
FFG-project 870523, Austrian Research Promotion Agency.
Co-funded by Land Tirol.
Personal life
Leisure activities: cycling, table tennis and canoeing
Picture taken in Würzburg (D).
In the laboratory in Innsbruck (A).
Working on SANDALS at ISIS facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK).
At the presentation of the Novartis Awards.
With Johannes Hahn and Christoph Kratky (presentation of the START-Awards).
In the laboratory in Innsbruck (A).
