© Tiss: Hinrich Grothe

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Chem. Dr.rer.nat. Hinrich Grothe, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed University Professor for Physical Chemistry of the Atmosphere at TU Wien with effect of 1.5.2020. He is assigned to the Institute of Materials Chemistry, opens in new window (E165) in the Faculty of Technical Chemistry, opens in new window.

CV: Hinrich Grothe studied Chemistry at the TU Dresden and the Leibniz Universität Hannover and was awarded his doctorate in 1996 for his thesis on "Fragmentierung thermolabiler Verbindungen in neue Radikale (ClO3 und ClO4)". His works have even been supported by the „Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (VCI)” in 1996. For his Postdoc he had chosen a stay at the Universitetet i Oslo. In 1996 he moved to Austria and is – since winter 1996 – employed at TU Wien, where he was was honoured with an award from the Wirtschaftskammer Wien for an industrial-related project in the year 2005. 2006 he obtained his Venia Docendi, thus qualifying him to teach in the area of Physical Chemistry of the Atmosphere, with his habilitation thesis on "Physicochemical laboratory models of metastable atmospheric aerosols, opens an external URL in a new window". He has held visiting professorships on several occasions at the University of Bayreuth, as well as at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (where he was appointed honorary professor) and at Virginia Tech. Together with Assoc. Prof. Bernhard Hofko, he heads the CD Laboratory for Chemo-Mechanical Analysis of Bituminous Materials, opens an external URL in a new window (2020–2027).

Special roles at TU Wien: He has been a (substitute) member of the Senate since 2003 and is also a substitute member of the Works Council for the Academic and Artistic University Staff.

His academic home is in the Research Group for Physical Chemistry of Aerosol Particles, opens an external URL in a new window (E165-01-5) within the Research Unit of Physical Chemistry, which he also heads. He was also President of the Chemical-Physical Society (CPG), opens an external URL in a new window. His research focuses on the characterisation of small particles in terms of their microphysics and microchemistry, understanding the nucleation and growth of small particles, and ageing processes in building materials.

Publications of Hinrich Grothe in the Scopus, opens an external URL in a new window database and in ReposiTUm, opens an external URL in a new window.