Organizing Committee Member
Robert J. BUNENKER
Professor
ergische Universität Wuppertal, Gaussstr
Germany
Biography
Family Status May 6, 1942 Born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Buenker in Dubuque, Iowa Married to Marilyn Lambrecht Buenker Three children: Michael, Timothy and Anne Marie Education June 1963 Received B.S. Degree (Maxima Cum Laude) in Mathematics and Chemistry from Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa June 1966 Received Ph.D. Degree in Chemistry from Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. Positions Held June 1963 - August 1963 Research Associate, General Electric Research Laboratories, Schenectedy, New York Sept. 1963 - May 1964 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey June 1964 - May 1966 National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellow, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey June 1966 - May 1967 Post-doctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan June 1967 - August 1967 Post-doctoral Research Associate, Institut für Theoretische Physik, Justus Liebig Uni¬ versität Gießen, Germany Sept. 1967 - August 1970 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Nebraska,Lincoln, Nebraska June 1968 - August 1968 Visiting Professor, Institut für Theoretische & June 1969 - August 1969 Physik, Justus Liebig Universität, Gießen, Germany June 1970 - January 1971 Visiting Professor, Institut für Physikali- sche Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, Germany Sept. 1970 - August 1973 Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska June 1971 - August 1971 Visiting Professor of Chemistry, Institut für & June 1972 - August 1972 Physikalische Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, Germany April 1973 - August 1975 Visiting Professor of Chemistry, Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Bonn, Germany Sept. 1973 - Dec. 1975 Professor of Chemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska January 1976 - April 1977 Wissenschaftlicher Rat und Professor, Universität Bonn, Germany April 1977 -July 2007 Professor of Theoretical Chemistry, Bergische Universität-Gesamthochschule, Wuppertal, Germany July 1980 - October 1981 Vice-speaker of the Sonderforschungsbereich 42, Wuppertal, Germany Oct. 1981 - Oct. 1984 Speaker of the Sonderforschungsbereich 42, Wuppertal, Germany June 1983 - June 1985 Dean of the Chemistry and Biology Faculty (FB 9) of the Bergische Universität-GH Wuppertal, Germany Oct. 1984 - Oct. 1988 Vice-Speaker of the Sonderforschungsbereich 42, Wuppertal, Germany June 1985 - Sept. 1987 Vice-dean of the Chemistry and Biology Faculty (FB 9) of the Bergische Universität- GH Wuppertal, Germany Feb. 1990 - January 1996 Member of the Forschergruppe of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft at the University of Wuppertal, Germany July 1990 - April 1991 Guest Professor at Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, U.S.A. October 1991 Guest Professor, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain July 1992 Guest Professor, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain May 1993 Guest Professor, Physical Insitute of the Leningrad State University, St.Petersburg, Russia July - Guest Professor, Department of Chemistry, August 1997 North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC., U.S.A. March - Guest Professor, Department of Chemistry, April 1998 North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A. August 1998 - Guest Professor, Institute for Atomic and April 1999 Molecular Physics of the Harvard-Smithsonian Institute for Astrophysics February - Guest Professor, Department of Chemistry, North March 2000 Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA July - Guest Professor, Department of Chemistry, North August 2000 Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA September - Guest Professorship and Lecture Series at the October 2000 Institute for Intelligence Modeling at the University of Tokyo, Japan March 27 - Guest Professor, Department of Chemistry, North April 27, 2001 Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA July 23 - Guest Professor, Department of Chemistry, North August 23, 2001 Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA February 1 – Guest Professorship and Lecture Series at the March 31, 2003 Department of Physics, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan and at the Department of Engineering at the University of Tokyo, Japan July 15 – Sept. Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, 30,2003 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA October 2003 - Marie Curie Individual Fellow of the European Sept. 2004 Community, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece Sept. 15-October Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, 15,2005 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA Feb. 15-April Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, 15,2006 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA Feb. 15-April Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, 15,2007 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA June 1, 2007- Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA July 2007 - Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Chemistry, Bergische-Universität, Wuppertal, Germany Sept. 10-October Visiting Professor, Institute of Applied Phys. 2,2007 and Computational Mathematics, Beijing, China Oct. 22-December Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, 6,2007 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA Jan. 20-May 13, Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, 2008 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA June 23 – 30, Visiting Professor, National Hellenic 2008 Research Foundation, Athens, Greece July 3-Aug. 15, Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, 2008 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA Oct. 28-Feb. 11, Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, 2009 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA May 10-Sept. 7, Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, 2009 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA Sept. 26-Oct. 23, Visiting Professor, National Institute of Fusion 2009 Science, Tajimi, Japan Dec. 7, 2009 – March 29, Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, 2010 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA July 21 –Oct. 26, Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, 2010 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA Jan. 1, 2011 - Dec. 31, Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics and 2014 Astronomy, University, of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA Apr. 8 – Apr. 26, Visiting Professor, Department of Physics and 2013 Astronomy, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA Aug. 15 –Oct. 19, Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, 2014 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, May 31-June Visiting Professor, Institute of Applied Phys. 13, 2016 and Computational Mathematics, Beijing, China
Research Area
Research Interests and Points of Emphasis of Robert J. Buenker 1. Ab Initio Calculations of Electronic Spectra of Small Molecules and Atoms: Transition Energies and Probabilities between Rovibrational Levels. 2. Development of the Multireference Single- and Double-Excitation CI Method for the Calculation of Electronic Wavefunctions and Properties: Author of MRD-CI Computer Program System widely employed in Germany, Canada, Greece, United Kingdom, Italy, Japan and the United States. 3. Study of Nonadiabatic Effects in the Electronic Spectra of Polyatomic Molecules Using Ab Initio MRD-CI Wavefunctions: Bound-Bound and Bound-Continuum Interactions and the Renner-Teller and Pseudo-Jahn-Teller Effects. 4. Treatment of Relativistic Effects Employing Two-Component Methods of Both Perturbational (Breit-Pauli) and Variational Type: Spin-orbit and Spin-spin Coupling Plus Use of Einstein Kinetic Energy Operator and the Darwin and Orbit-Orbit Interactions. Use of Averaged and Spin-orbit Relativistic Effective Core Potentials at the MRD-CI Level of Treatment. 5. Calculation of Atom-Atom and Atom-Molecule Scattering Cross Sections Based on Ab Initio CI Potential Energy Surfaces, Non-adiabatic and Spin-orbit Matrix Elements. 6. Application of Complex Scaling Techniques for the Description of Radiationless Processes such as Predissociation and Autoionization. 7. Theory and Calculations for the Radiative Decay of Positronium and Its Production of High-Energy Photons. 8. Use of Relativistic Effective Core Potentials in Ab Initio CI Treatments of Chemisorption and Cluster Reactions. 9. Theory of Photon Interactions with Transparent Media and Their Effect on the Speed of Light (Comparison with Gravitational Bending) 10. Study of the Effect of Inhomogeneous Magnetic Fields (Electroweak Stern-Gerlach Effect) in Neutron Decay and its Relation to Parity Non-conservation Theory 11. Ab Initio SCF and CI Calculations for the Interactions of Positrons with Small Molecules 12. Development of Relativity Theory Based on the Theoretical Methods Employed for the Global Positioning System 13. Use of Schiff’s Method for the Gravitational Scaling of Physical Units to Compute the Trajectories of Planets and Light in the Vicinity of Large Masses Talk to Us Speak directly to one of our conference representatives by calling. +44 8000 148923 Mail Us E-mail us your questions about the conference. We will respond to your questions. Contact.Chris@theannualmeet.com