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Linn Leppert serves as an Assistant Professor at the University of Twente's Faculty of Science and Technology, leading the Computational Chemical Physics group within the MESA+ Institute of Nanotechnology. Her research centers on electronic structure and dynamics of light-converting systems, spanning photovoltaic materials and biological photosynthesis.
Her academic foundation includes a PhD in Physics from the University of Bayreuth, Germany, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California, Berkeley. This trajectory established her expertise in computational quantum mechanics for energy conversion systems.
Leppert specializes in developing and applying advanced electronic structure methods including time-dependent density functional theory and Green's function-based many-body perturbation theory. Her work targets halide perovskites for solar cells and chlorophyll-based charge transfer mechanisms in photosynthesis, bridging physics, chemistry, and materials science through interdisciplinary collaboration.
Her scientific recognition includes:
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellowship
- Elite Network of Bavaria Scholarship
- Dissertation Award
- Postdoctoral Research Award
Research funding from the German Research Foundation and Elite Network of Bavaria supports her investigations into fundamental excitations driving energy conversion. She maintains active collaborations with experimental groups while directing her computational research team at the MESA+ Institute.
