Tim Joachim Zuehlsdorff

Tim Joachim Zuehlsdorff is an Assistant Professor in Theoretical/Physical Chemistry at Oregon State University's Department of Chemistry, within the College of Engineering. His research focuses on developing computational techniques for predicting optical properties of large systems using time-dependent density-functional theory (TDDFT), particularly through the linear-scaling ONETEP package. He investigates polarization effects, vibronic coherences in proteins, and non-linear spectroscopy like 2D electronic spectroscopy.

Education: Postdoctoral Scholarships at University of California Merced (2016-2020), Cambridge University (2014-2016), and degrees from Imperial College London (BSc 2010, MSci 2011).

Research emphasizes modeling excitations in complex environments, including solvated dyes, semiconductor nanoparticles, and pigment-protein complexes. The Zuehlsdorff Group actively recruits undergraduates, graduates, and postdocs to advance these projects.