Prof. Dr. Christine Peter
Christine Peter has studied chemistry and mathematics at the University of Freiburg, Germany. In 2003 she obtained her PhD at the ETH Zurich, subsequently she worked at the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD) and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (Mainz, Germany) as a postdoctoral researcher and independent research group leader. Since 2013 she is a professor for theoretical chemistry at the University of Konstanz. The research focus of her group lies on multiscale simulation models and scale-bridging approaches and the development of analysis methods for simulation data. Areas of interest span a broad range of (mostly biological) soft matter problems such as peptide folding and aggregation, protein-protein interactions, interactions in RNA systems or biopolymers at interfaces.
Curriculum vitae
since 2013: Full professor of Theoretical Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Germany
2008 - 2013: Junior Research Group Leader (“Emmy-Noether-Nachwuchsgruppe”) in the Theory Department at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz
2005 - 2008: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Theory Department at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
2003 - 2004: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Laboratory of Chemical Physics/NIDDK/National Institutes of Health, Bethesda (MD), USA
1999 - 2003: PhD Thesis with Prof. Dr. Wilfred van Gunsteren, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, Title "A critical analysis of various aspects of biomolecular simulation: from electrostatic forces, NMR spectra, and entropy to peptide folding"
1996-1999: Studies of Mathematics, University of Freiburg, Germany (Vordiplom)
1993-1999: Studies of Chemistry, University of Freiburg, Germany (Degree: Diploma)
Engagement in the research system
since 2021: Vice Rector for Sustainability, Information and Communication Technology (CIO) of the University of Konstanz
since 2021: Deputy Chairwoman of the Scientific Council of the John von Neumann Institute for Computing (NIC)
2020: Guest editor Theory and Simulation issue Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol.
2018 - 2020: Editorial Advisory Board Member J. Phys. Chem. A/B/C/Letters
2016 - 2021: Member of the Scientific Council of the John von Neumann Institute for Computing (NIC)
2016 - 2021: Board Member of the SFB 1214 “Anisotropic Particles as Building Blocks: Tailoring Shape, Interactions and Structures” and spokesperson of the associated IRTG
2014 - 2021: Dean of studies, Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz
Awards and honors
2012: Offer W3 professorship Theoretical Chemistry, University of Würzburg (declined)
2011: Award of the Dr. Otto Röhm Gedächtnisstiftung
2008: Emmy Noether grant of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
2004: Medal of the ETH Zurich for an outstanding PhD thesis
2003: Postdoctoral Fellowship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)