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Leticia González
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| Born | March 17, 1971 (age 54) |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Alma mater | Autonomous University of Madrid |
| Known for | Excited state computations |
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| Fields | Theoretical Chemistry |
| Institutions | University of Vienna |
Leticia González Herrero is a brilliant scientist from Spain. She is a theoretical chemist, which means she uses computers and math to understand how tiny particles like atoms and molecules work. She is especially famous for her research on how molecules behave when they get excited by light. This includes studying what happens inside our DNA and how special metal compounds work.
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About Leticia González
Leticia González was born in Madrid, Spain, on March 17, 1971. She loved chemistry from a young age. She studied chemistry at the Autonomous University of Madrid from 1989 to 1994.
Her Education Journey
After her first degree, she went to King's College London in England. There, she earned her master's degree in 1995. She then returned to the Autonomous University of Madrid to get her PhD, which is a very high degree for scientists. She finished her PhD in 1998.
After her PhD, she moved to the Free University of Berlin in Germany. She completed her Habilitation there in 2004. A Habilitation is another advanced qualification that allows scientists to become full professors in some European countries.
Her Work as a Professor
In 2007, Leticia González became a Professor for Theoretical and Physical Chemistry at the University of Jena in Germany. Later, in 2011, she became a Full Professor at the University of Vienna in Austria. At Vienna, she teaches and researches Computational Chemistry, Theoretical Chemistry, and Scientific Computing.
Awards and Recognitions
Leticia González has received many important awards and honors for her amazing work in chemistry. These awards show how much her research has helped the scientific world.
- 2018: She received an honorary degree, called a Doctor Honoris Causa, from the University of Lorraine.
- 2014: She was chosen as a Löwdin lecturer, which is a special talk given by leading scientists.
- 2011: She won the Dirac Medal from the WATOC. This is a big award from the World Association of Theoretical Chemists.
- 2006: She received the Heisenberg Stipendium from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). This is a special scholarship for excellent researchers.
- 2005: She won the SIGMA-ALDRICH Award for best Young Researchers from the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry.
- 1999: She received an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship. This is a prestigious award for researchers from other countries to work in Germany.
- 1999: She won the Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado. This award was for having the best PhD thesis at the Autonomous University of Madrid in 1998/1999.
See also
In Spanish: Leticia González para niños
