Peter R. Schreiner

Peter R. Schreiner is a Full Professor and holds the Liebig Chair at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen. He is also an Associate Fellow at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) and an Honorary Full Professor at Macquarie University, Sydney. His research spans computational and experimental organic chemistry, with a focus on reaction dynamics, quantum tunneling, London dispersion, and nanodiamonds.

His research interests include reaction dynamics, reactive intermediates, quantum tunneling, London dispersion interactions, organocatalysis, and nanodiamond chemistry. He combines high-level computational methods with experimental techniques, often in interdisciplinary collaborations. His group investigates fundamental reactivity patterns and develops functional materials based on diamondoids.

The recent publications highlight consistent work in quantum tunneling, dispersion interactions, nanodiamond functionalization, and reaction mechanism elucidation. Trends show a strong integration of machine learning with quantum chemistry, experimental characterization of high-energy intermediates, and materials applications of adamantane-type clusters.

Scientific Awards:

• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Award of the DFG (2024)
• Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award (2021)
• Academy Award of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy (2020)
• Royal Society of Chemistry Physical Organic Chemistry Award (2019)
• Adolf von Baeyer Memorial Medal (2017)
• Dirac Medal (2003)

Leadership and Editorial Roles: He has served as President of the German Chemical Society (GDCh, 2020–2021), Editor-in-Chief of WIREs Computational Molecular Science since 2007, and member of the DFG Review Board (2016–2024). He is also Head of the Chemistry Section and Senator at the Leopoldina – German National Academy of Sciences since 2023.

Laboratory and Collaborations: The PRS Group at Justus Liebig University Giessen is internationally active, with collaborations in Coimbra, Kiev, Technion, Zagreb, and the University of Georgia. The group emphasizes combining experiment and theory and welcomes students and postdocs for thesis and research projects.