Christian Schaefer

Research

Christian’s research is pushing the limits of theoretical quantum mechanics interacting with optical and plasmonic fields. This includes contributions to ab initio quantum electrodynamics, polaritonic chemistry, (quantum electrodynamical) density-functional theory, chiral polaritonics, and variational quantum algorithms. His Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship is focused on the control of plasmonic catalysis using optical control strategies.

Education

• 2021: PostDoc at the Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
  

• 2020: Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) in theoretical physics, University of Hamburg, Germany
  On the interface of quantum electrodynamics and electronic structure theory: cavity QED

• 2015: M. Sc. in physics, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
  

• 2013: B. Sc. in physics, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
  

Publications

• Tensorial properties via the neuroevolution potential framework: Fast simulation of infrared and Raman spectra Permalink
  N. Xu, P. Rosander, C. Schäfer, E. Lindgren, N. Österbacka, M. Fang, W. Chen, Y. He, Z. Fan, and P. Erhart
  Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 20, 3273 (2024)
• Machine Learning for Polaritonic Chemistry: Accessing chemical kinetics Permalink
  C. Schäfer, J. Fojt, E. Lindgren, and P. Erhart
  Journal of the American Chemical Society 146, 5402 (2024)
• GPAW: open Python package for electronic-structure calculations Permalink
  J. J. Mortensen, A. H. Larsen, M. Kuisma, A. V. Ivanov, A. Taghizadeh, A. Peterson, A. Haldar, A. O. Dohn, C. Schäfer, E. Ö. Jónsson, E. D. Hermes, F. A. Nilsson, G. Kastlunger, G. Levi, H. Jónsson, H. Häkkinen, J. Fojt, J. Kangsabanik, J. Sødequist, J. Lehtomäki, J. Heske, J. Enkovaara, K. T. Winther, M. Dulak, M. M. Melander, M. Ovesen, M. Louhivuori, M. Walter, M. Gjerding, O. Lopez-Acevedo, P. Erhart, R. Warmbier, R. Würdemann, S. Kaappa, S. Latini, T. M. Boland, T. Bligaard, T. Skovhus, T. Susi, T. Maxson, T. P. Rossi, X. Chen, Y. L. A. Schmerwitz, J. Schiøtz, T. Olsen, K. W. Jacobsen, and K. S. Thygesen
  Journal of Chemical Physics 160, 092503 (2024)
• Controlling Plasmonic Catalysis via Strong Coupling with Electromagnetic Resonators Permalink
  J. Fojt, P. Erhart, and C. Schäfer
  Nano Letters 24, 11913 (2024)