Annika Bande

Prof. Dr. Annika Bande serves as Professor and Executive Director at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry within Leibniz University Hannover's Faculty of Natural Sciences. She holds multiple leadership roles including membership on the Institute's Executive Board and representation of professors on the Faculty Council.

Her research spans computational and theoretical chemistry with emphasis on charge transfer phenomena, quantum dynamics, and machine learning applications. Key focus areas include X-ray absorption spectroscopy, interparticle Coulombic electron capture, and electronic structure prediction in nanomaterials and biomolecular systems.

Recent publications (2023-2025) demonstrate integration of graph neural networks and transfer learning with quantum chemical methods to study photoexcited charge transfer, wavepacket propagation, and spectroscopic properties. Her work bridges computational chemistry, materials science, and artificial intelligence to address challenges in nanoscale electronic processes.

She leads the Optical Materials: Computational Methods research group developing advanced simulation techniques for predicting optical properties and electronic behavior in complex materials systems.