Jörg Meyer
Assistant professor
- Name
- Dr. J. Meyer
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 5569
- j.meyer@chem.leidenuniv.nl
Jörg Meyer investigates energy conversion at interfaces at the atomic scale. Starting from the Schroedinger equation, he develops and employs computer simulation techniques.
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PhD Candidates
Curriculum Vitae
Personal information
Nationality: German
Date of birth: 8 June 1981
Education
2012 PhD, Faculty of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, 16 February 2012 (summa cum laude)
Thesis title: ‘Ab initio modelling of Energy Dissipation during Chemical Reactions on Transition Metal surfaces’
Advisor: Prof. Dr. K. Reuter
2006 Diploma in Physics, Faculty of Physics, Universität Hannover, Germany (with distinction)
Current and previous research positions
2015 – now Tenure track Assistant Professor, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, The Netherlands
2013 – 2014 Post-doctoral Researcher, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, The Netherlands (Prof. G.J. Kroes)
2012 – 2013 Post-doctoral Researcher, Department Chemie, Technische Universität München, Germany (Prof. K. Reuter)
Grants, awards, recognitions since 2010
2015 NWO-CW Vidi grant (k€ 800)
2013 travel support grant of Dr.-Ing. Leonhard Lorenz-Stiftung at TU München (k€ 1)
2013 (2nd time in a row): DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) travel grant (k€ 2)
2013 Winner of Young Investigator Competition at Gordon Research Conference “Dynamics at Surfaces”
2011 (1st time in a row): DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) travel grant (k€ 2)
2011 Winner of Young Investigator Competition at Gordon Research Conference “Dynamics at Surfaces”
Contribution to teaching and supervision
- One annual undergraduate course for BSc Molecular Science and Technology (Leiden/Delft): Theoretical Chemistry 1.
- One course for MSc Chemistry at Leiden University: Density functional theory in practice.
Supervision of 3 PhD students and 1 postdoctoral fellow since 2015.
Other responsibilities since 2012
- Co-chair of the Gordon-Kenan Research Seminar “Dynamics at Surfaces”, 10-11 August 2013, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI, USA
- Member of the organisation committee for the “FRESH” lectures at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry
- Member of the teaching committee for the MSc curriculum Chemistry (Leiden)
- Reviewer for Advanced Engineering Materials, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, Journal of Physical Chemistry A-C, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Journal of Chemical Physics, physica status solidi, Surface Science
Publication record including five recent representative publications
25 papers with >500 citations, H-index 11 (Web of Science)
Full publication record: Leiden University or ORCID
- Wijzenbroek M., Helstone D., Meyer J., Kroes G.-J., Dynamics of H2 dissociation on the close-packed (111) surface of the noblest metal: H2 + Au(111). Journal of Chemical Physics. 2016, 145, 144701.
- Doblhoff-Dier K., Meyer J., Hoggan P.E., Kroes G.-J., Wagner L.K., Diffusion Monte Carlo for Accurate Dissociation Energies of 3d Transition Metal Containing Molecules. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2016, 12, 2583-2597.
- Rittmeyer S.P., Meyer J., Juaristi J.I., Reuter K., Electronic Friction-Based Vibrational Lifetimes of Molecular Adsorbates: Beyond the Independent-Atom Approximation. Physical Review Letters. 2015, 115, 46102.
- Goikoetxea I., Meyer J., Juaristi J.I., Alducin M., Reuter K., Role of Physisorption States in Molecular Scattering: A Semilocal Density-Functional Theory Study on O2/Ag(111). Physical Review Letters. 2014, 112, 156101.
- Meyer J., Reuter K., Modeling Heat Dissipation at the Nanoscale: An Embedding Approach for Chemical Reaction Dynamics on Metal Surfaces, Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2014, 53, 4721-4724.
Presentations including five presentations at international conferences since 2010
2 invited presentations and 2 prize winner’s talks at international conferences since 2010
- Modeling Heat Dissipation at the Nanoscale: An Embedding Approach for Chemical Reaction Dynamics on Metal Surfaces, 2nd Conference on Multiscale Modelling of Condensed Phase and Biological Systems, 13-15 April 2016, Manchester (UK)
- Non-adiabatic vibrational damping of O2 on Ag(100): Implications for light-enhanced catalysis?, Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Dynamics at Surfaces, 11-16 August 2013, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI (USA), prize winner’s talk in young investigator competition
- Beating the heat atomistically: Watching phonons cool down during oxygen dissociation on Pd(100), 29th European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS-29), 3-7 September 2012, Edinburgh (UK) 2012, invited talk
- “QM/Me” - A novel Embedding Approach for Adsorbate Dynamics on Metal Surfaces, Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Dynamics at Surfaces, 7-12 August 2011, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI (USA), prize winner’s talk in young investigator competition
- “QM/Me” - A novel Embedding Approach for Adsorbate Dynamics on Metal Surfaces, 9th Triennial Congress of the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists (WATOC 2011), 17-22 July 2011, Santiago de Compostela (Spain), invited talk
Assistant professor
- Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry
- LIC/Energy & Sustainability
- Chen L., Lau J.A., Schwarzer D., Meyer J., Verma V.B. & Wodtke A.M. (2019), The Sommerfeld ground-wave limit for a molecule adsorbed at a surface, Science 363(6423): 158-161.
- Rasti S. & Meyer J. (2019), Importance of Zero-Point Energy for Crystalline Ice Phases: A Comparison of Force Fields and Density Functional Theory, Journal of Chemical Physics 150(23): 234504.
- Spiering P., Shakouri K., Behler J., Kroes G.J. & Meyer J. (2019), Orbital-Dependent Electronic Friction Significantly Affects the Description of Reactive Scattering of N2 from Ru(0001), Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 10: 2957-2962.
- Maheshwari S., Fridriksson M.B., Seal S., Meyer J. & Grozema F.C. (2019), The Relation between Rotational Dynamics of the Organic Cation and Phase Transitions in Hybrid Halide Perovskites, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123(23): 14652–14661.
- Spiering P. & Meyer J. (2018), Testing Electronic Friction Models: Vibrational De-excitation in Scattering of H2 and D2 from Cu(111), Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 9(7): 1803-1808.
- Shakouri K., Behler J., Meyer J. & Kroes G.J. (2017), Accurate Neural Network Description of Surface Phonons in Reactive Gas-Surface Dynamics: N2+ Ru (0001), Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 8(10): 2131-2136.
- Godsi O., Corem G., Alkoby Y., Cantin T., Krems R.V., Somers M.F., Meyer J., Kroes G.J., Maniv T. & Alexandrowicz G. (2017), A general method for controlling and resolving rotational orientation of molecules in molecule-surface collisions, Nature Communications 8: 15357.
- Rittmeyer S.P., Meyer J. & Reuter K. (2017), Nonadiabatic Vibrational Damping of Molecular Adsorbates: Insights into Electronic Friction and the Role of Electronic Coherence, Physical Review Letters 119(17): 176808.
- Doblhoff-Dier K., Meyer J., Hoggan P.E. & Kroes G.J. (2017), Quantum Monte Carlo Calculations on a Benchmark Molecule - Metal Surface Reaction: H2 + Cu(111), Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 13(7): 3208-3219.
- Doblhoff-Dier K., Meyer J., Hoggan P.E., Kroes G.J. & Wagner L.K. (2016), Diffusion Monte Carlo for accurate dissociation energies of 3d transition metal containing molecules, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 12(6): 2583-2597.
- Wijzenbroek M., Helstone D., Meyer J. & Kroes G.J. (2016), Dynamics of H2 dissociation on the close-packed (111) surface of the noblest metal: H2 + Au(111), Journal of Chemical Physics 145(14): 144701.
- Rittmeyer S.P., Meyer J., Juaristi J.I. & Reuter K. (2015), Electronic Friction-Based Vibrational Lifetimes of Molecular Adsorbates: Beyond the Independent-Atom Approximation, Physical Review Letters 115(4): 046102.
- Bukas V.J., Mitra S., Meyer J. & Reuter K. (2015), Fingerprints of energy dissipation for exothermic surface chemical reactions: O2 on Pd(100), Journal of Chemical Physics 143(3): 034705.
- Meyer J. & Reuter K. (2014), Modeling Heat Dissipation at the Nanoscale: An Embedding Approach for Chemical Reaction Dynamics on Metal Surfaces, ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION IN ENGLISH 53(18): 4721-4724.
- Meyer J. & Reuter K. (2014), Modellierung von Wärmedissipation auf der Nanoskala: ein Einbettungsansatz für chemische Reaktionen auf Metalloberflächen, Angewandte Chemie 126(18): 4813-4816.
- Zaum C., Meyer J., Reuter K. & Morgenstern K. (2014), Quantitative determination of a nano-object's atom density without atomic resolution, Physical Review B : Condensed Matter 90(16): 165418.
- Goikoetxea I., Meyer J., Juaristi J.I. , Alducin M. & Reuter K. (2014), Role of Physisorption States in Molecular Scattering: A Semilocal Density-Functional Theory Study on O2/Ag(111), Physical Review Letters 112(15): 156101.
- Sirtl T., Jelic J., Meyer J., Das K., Heckl W.M., Moritz W., Rundgren J., Schmittel M., Reuter K. & Lackinger M. (2013), Adsorption structure determination of a large polyaromatic trithiolate on Cu(111): combination of LEED-I(V) and DFT-vdW, PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS 15(26): 11054-11060.
- Bukas V.J., Meyer J., Alducin M. & Reuter K. (2013), Ready, Set and no Action: A Static Perspective on Potential Energy Surfaces commonly used in Gas-Surface Dynamics, ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PHYSIKALISCHE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY & CHEMICAL PHYSICS 227(9-11): 1523-1542.
- Mercurio G., Maurer R. J., Liu W., Hagen S., Leyssner F., Tegeder P., Meyer J., Tkatchenko A., Soubatch S., Reuter K. & Tautz F.S. (2013), Quantification of finite-temperature effects on adsorption geometries of π-conjugated molecules: Azobenzene/Ag(111), PHYSICAL REVIEW B 88(3): 035421.
- Carbogno C., Gross A., Meyer J. & Reuter K. (2013), O2 Adsorption Dynamics at Metal Surfaces: Non-Adiabatic Effects, Dissociation and Dissipation. In: Díez Muiño R., Fabio Busnengo H. (Eds.) Springer Series in Surface Sciences. no. 50: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 389-419.
- Goikoetxea I., Beltran J., Meyer J., Juaristi J.I., Alducin M. & Reuter K. (2012), Non-adiabatic effects during the dissociative adsorption of O2 at Ag(111)? A first-principles divide and conquer study, New Journal of Physics 14: 013050.
- Carbogno C., Gross A., Meyer J. & Reuter K. (2012), O2 Adsorption Dynamics at Metal Surfaces: Non-Adiabatic Effects, Dissociation and Dissipation. In: Muiño R.D., Busnengo H.F. (Eds.) Dynamics of Gas-Surface Interactions: Atomic-Level Description of Elementary Processes.: Springer Berlin. 389-419.
- Meyer J. & Reuter K. (2011), Electron–hole pairs during the adsorption dynamics of O2 on Pd(100): exciting or not?, New Journal of Physics 13(8): 085010.
- McNellis E.R., Bronner C., Meyer J., Weinelt M., Tegeder P. & Reuter K. (2010), Azobenzene versus 3,3 ',5,5 '-tetra-tert-butyl-azobenzene (TBA) at Au(111): characterizing the role of spacer groups, PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS 12(24): 6404-6412.
- McNellis E.R., Mercurio G., Hagen S., Leyssner F., Meyer J., Soubatch S., Wolf M., Reuter K., Tegeder P. & Tautz F.S. (2010), Bulky spacer groups - A valid strategy to control the coupling of functional molecules to surfaces?, CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS 499(4-6): 247-249.
- Korventausta A., Meyer J. & Nieminen J. (2010), Carrier wave effect in nonresonant inelastic scanning tunneling spectroscopy of molecules with delocalized frontier orbitals, PHYSICAL REVIEW B 81(24): 245426.
- Mercurio G., McNellis E.R., Martin I., Hagen S., Leyssner F., Soubatch S., Meyer J., Wolf M., Tegeder P., Tautz F.S. & Reuter K. (2010), Structure and Energetics of Azobenzene on Ag(111): Benchmarking Semiempirical Dispersion Correction Approaches, Physical Review Letters 104(3): 036102.
- Simic-Milosevic V., Meyer J. & Morgenstern K. (2009), Chirality Change of Chloronitrobenzene on Au(111) Induced by Inelastic Electron Tunneling, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 48(22): 4061-4064.
- McNellis E.R., Meyer J. & Reuter K. (2009), Azobenzene at coinage metal surfaces: Role of dispersive van der Waals interactions, Physical Review B 80(20): 205414.
- McNellis E., Meyer J., Baghi A.D. & Reuter K. (2009), Stabilizing a molecular switch at solid surfaces: A density functional theory study of azobenzene on Cu(111), Ag(111), and Au(111), Physical Review B : Condensed Matter 80(3).
- Simic-Milosevic V., Meyer J. & Morgenstern K. (2008), Electron-induced isomerisation of dichlorobenzene on Cu(111) and Ag(111), PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS 10(14): 1916-1920.
- Bredow T., Tegenkamp C., Pfnuer H., Meyer J., Maslyuk V.V. & Mertig I. (2008), Ferrocene-1,1'-dithiol as molecular wire between Ag electrodes: The role of surface defects, Journal of Chemical Physics 128(6).
- Simic-Milosevic V., Mehlhorn M., Rieder K.H., Meyer J. & Morgenstern K. (2007), Electron induced ortho-meta isomerization of single molecules, Physical Review Letters 98(11): 116102.
- Meyer J., Bredow T., Tegenkamp C. & Pfnür H. (2006), Thiol and thiolate bond formation of ferrocene-1,1-dithiol to a Ag(111) surface., Journal of Chemical Physics 125(19): 194705.
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