Personal Data
  • First name: Oriol
  • Last name: VENDRELL ROMAGOSA
  • Birth date: February 7th, 1978
  • Birth place: Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain)
  • Citizenship: Spanish / German
  • Status: Married
Academic degrees
  • April 2005:
    PhD in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona
    Grade: "Sobresaliente Cum Laude" (maximum grade)
  • June 2002:
    Master in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona
    Coupling between proton transfer and the methyl group internal rotation in the 5-methyltropolone molecule in excited state. A combined quantum dynamics and electronic structure study.
    Grade: Excellent
  • September 2000:
    Llicenciatura de Qumica (Graduate in Chemistry), Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona
    Grade: Excellent
Positions
  • Aug 2018 - : Professor, Chair of Theoretical Chemistry, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universitt Heidelberg
  • Jul 2016 - Jul 2018: Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University
  • Jul 2010 - Jun 2016: Group leader, chemical dynamics group of the CFEL-DESY Theory Division, DESY, Hamburg
  • Sep 2009 - June 2010: Postdoctoral researcher, Universitaet Heidelberg
  • Sep 2007 - Aug 2009: MARIE CURIE Intra-European Fellow (EIF), Universitaet Heidelberg
  • Mar 2007 - Aug 2007: Postdoctoral researcher, Universitaet Heidelberg
  • Dec 2005 - Feb 2007 : Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral research fellow, Universitaet Heidelberg
  • Sep 2004 - Sep 2005: Teaching assistant (I2), Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona
  • Jan 2001 - Sep 2004: Predoctoral research fellowship from the Catalan Government (2001FI 00237), Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona
Fellowships and awards
  • 2010: Ramn y Cajal position of the Spanish Ministry of Science, declined.
  • 2008: Acreditaci per professor lector (Acreditation to become lecturer, issued by AQU (Agncia per a la Qualitat del Sistema Universitari de Catalunya).
  • 2007: MARIE CURIE Intra-European fellowship (EIF,FP6), (European Union)
  • 2007: Beatriu de Pins postdoctoral research-fellowship (Catalan Government), declined in favor of Marie Curie
  • 2005: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany) research fellowship
  • 2005: MEC postodoctoral research-fellowship (Spanish Government), declined in favor of AvH
  • 2005: Fundacin Areces (Spain) postdoctoral research-fellowship, declined in favor of AvH
  • 2005: PhD Thesis Prize (Premi extraordinari de doctorat), Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona
  • 2001: Predoctoral research-fellowship (Catalan Government)