Department of

Computational Biological Chemistry

Prof. emeritus
Phone
+43 1 4277 52716
Mail
os @ mdy.univie.ac.at
Researcher ID
E-8172-2014
Google Scholar
Othmar Steinhauser

Curriculum vitae

1968-1972 Study of physics at the University of Vienna
1972-1975 Department of Theoretical Chemistry of the University of Vienna
Doctoral thesis: Näherungsweise Hartree-Fock Rechnungen
Graduation sub auspiciis praesidentis.
Advisor: Prof. Peter Schuster
1979-1980 DFG-Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Physical Chemistry at the University of Karlsruhe
1984 Habilitation in Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Vienna
1987 Award of a C3 professorship for Theoretical Chemistry at the Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz
1991- Professorship for Chemical Molecular Dynamics at the Department of Theoretical Chemistry of the University of Vienna
1992-1999 Head of the computing center of the University of Vienna
2003-2019 Senator of the University of Vienna
2007-2019 Head of the newly founded Department of Computational Biological Chemistry
2013- Fellow of the international faculty, Cluster of excellence RESOLV, university of Bochum

Research interests

  • Study of structure and dynamics of biomolecules in solution, using molecular dynamics simulations
  • Dielectric properties of protein solutions
  • Design and application of high performance simulation algorithms that exploit efficiently current computer architectures, with special emphasis on multiprocessor and parallel machines

Teaching:

ufind.univie.ac.at

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Publications

Imprint: (as stipulated by Austrian law, MedienG 2005): S. Boresch / C. Schröder,
Institut für Computergestützte Biologische Chemie, Währinger Strasse 17, 1090 Wien, Austria