Studied Chemistry and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn 1987 Dissertation, University of Bonn 1988-1991 Postdoctoral research at the Max-Planck-Institute, Garching 1991-1992 Postdoctoral research at JILA, Boulder, Colorado/USA 1994-1997 Scientist at FU Berlin 1997 Habilitation, FU Berlin 1997-2002 C3-Position at the MPI, Garching Since 2002 Apl. Professor for Theoretical Chemistry, LMU Munich

Femtochemistry Molecular Devices Quantum Computation

S. Thallmair, J. P. P. Zauleck, and R. de Vivie-Riedle Quantum dynamics in an explicit solvent environment: A photochemical bond cleavage treated with a combined QD/MD approach J. Chem. Theory Comput., accepted (2015). E. Samoylova, B. März, S. Wiedbrauk, S. Oesterling, A. Nenov, H. Dube, R. de Vivie-Riedle, and W. Zinth Tuning of isomerization rates in indigo-based photoswitches in: Ultrafast Phenomena XIX, K. Yamanouchi, S. Cundiff, R. de Vivie-Riedle, M. Kuwata-Gonokami, L. DiMauro (Eds.), Springer Proceedings in Physics 162 (Springer International Publishing, 2015), 391-394. S. Thallmair, J. P. P. Zauleck, and R. de Vivie-Riedle Quantum dynamics of molecular reactions directed by explicit solvent environment in: Ultrafast Phenomena XIX, K. Yamanouchi, S. Cundiff, R. de Vivie-Riedle, M. Kuwata-Gonokami, L. DiMauro (Eds.), Springer Proceedings in Physics 162 (Springer International Publishing, 2015), 373-377. R. Siemering, M. Kübel, B. Bergues, A.S. Alnaser, M. Kling, and R. de Vivie-Riedle Sub-femtosecond steering of carbon hydrogen bonds in: Ultrafast Phenomena XIX, K. Yamanouchi, S. Cundiff, R. de Vivie-Riedle, M. Kuwata-Gonokami, L. DiMauro (Eds.), Springer Proceedings in Physics 162 (Springer International Publishing, 2015), 126-129. 2014 (top of page) S. Thallmair, M. Kowalewski, J. P. P. Zauleck, M. K. Roos, and R. de Vivie-Riedle Quantum dynamics of a photochemical bond cleavage influenced by the solvent environment: A dynamic continuum approach J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 5 (2014), 3480-3485. D. Stichnoth, P. Kölle, T. J. Kimbrough, E. Riedle, R. de Vivie-Riedle, and D. Trauner Photochemical formation of intricarene Nat. Commun. 5, article number: 5597 (2014). B. März, S. Wiedbrauk, S. Oesterling, E. Samoylova, A. Nenov, P. Mayer, R. de Vivie-Riedle, W. Zinth, and H. Dube Making fast photoswitches faster – using Hammett analysis to understand the limit of donor-acceptor approaches for faster hemithioindigo photoswitches Chem. Eur. J., 19 (2014), 13984-13992. M. Kowalewski, J. Mikosch, R. Wester, and R. de Vivie-Riedle Nucleophilic substitution dynamics: Comparing wave packet calculations with experiment J. Phys. Chem. A 118 (2014), 4661-4669. H. Braun, T. Bayer, C. Sarpe, R. Siemering, R. de Vivie Riedle, T. Baumert, and M. Wollenhaupt Coupled electron-nuclear wavepacket dynamics in potassium dimers J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 47 (2014), 124015. A. S. Alnaser, M. Kübel, R. Siemering, B. Bergues, N. G. Kling, K. J. Betsch, Y. Deng, J. Schmidt, Z. A. Alahmed, A. M. Azzeer, J. Ullrich, I. Ben-Itzhak, R. Moshammer, U. Kleineberg, F. Krausz, R. de Vivie-Riedle, and M.F. Kling Subfemtosecond steering of hydrocarbon deprotonation through superposition of vibrational modes Nat. Commun. 5, article number: 3800 (2014). S. Thallmair, R. Siemering, P. Kölle, M. Kling, M. Wollenhaupt, T. Baumert, and R. de Vivie-Riedle The interplay of nuclear and electronic motion in the control of molecular processes: a theoretical perspective in: Molecular quantum dynamics – from theory to applications, F. Gatti (Ed.), Springer, 2014, 213-248 (ISBN 978-3-642-45289-5). C. Gollub, P. von den Hoff, M. Kowalewski, U. Troppmann, and R. de Vivie-Riedle Vibrational energy transfer through molecular chains: an approach toward scalable information processing in: Quantum information and computation for chemistry, S. Kais (Ed.), A. R. Dinner, S. A. Rice (Series Eds.), Adv. Chem. Phys. 154, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, 2014, 371-402 (ISBN: 978-1-118-49566-7). M. Dittmann, F. F. Graupner, B. März, S. Oesterling, R. de Vivie-Riedle, W. Zinth, M. Engelhard, and W. Lüttke Photostabilität von 4,4'-Dihydroxythioindigo: ein Mimetikum des Indigo Angew. Chem. 126 (2014), 602-605. Photostability of 4,4'-Dihydroxythioindigo a mimetic of indigo Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53 (2014), 591-594. E. Wells, C. E. Rallis, M. Zohrabi, R. Siemering, B. Jochim, P. R. Andrews, U. Ablikim, B. Gaire, S. De, K. D. Carnes, B. Bergues, R. de Vivie-Riedle, M. F. Kling, and I. Ben-Itzhak Adaptive strong-field control of chemical dynamics guided by three-dimensional momentum imaging Nat. Commun. 4, article number: 2895 (2013). S. Thallmair, B. P. Fingerhut, and R. de Vivie-Riedle Ground and excited state surfaces for the photochemical bond cleavage in phenylmethylphenylphosphonium ions J. Phys. Chem. A 117 (2013), 10626-10633. M. Vrabel, P. Kölle, K. M. Brunner, M. J. Gattner, V. López-Carrillo, R. de Vivie-Riedle, and T. Carell Norbornenes in inverse electron-demand Diels-Alder reactions Chem. Eur. J. 19 (2013), 13309-13312. J. Ammer, C. Nolte, K. Karaghiosoff, S. Thallmair, P. Mayer, R. de Vivie-Riedle, and H. Mayr Ion-pairing of phosphonium salts in solution: C-H⋅⋅⋅halogen and C-H⋅⋅⋅π hydrogen bonds Chem. Eur. J. 19 (2013), 14612-14630. M. Kling, P. von den Hoff, I. Znakovskaya, and R. de Vivie-Riedle (Sub-)femtosecond control of molecular reactions via tailoring the electric field of light Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 15 (2013), 9448-9467. H. Braun, P. von den Hoff, T. Bayer, R. Siemering, R. de Vivie-Riedle, M. Wollenhaupt, and T. Baumert Efficient attosecond control of electron dynamics in molecules Ultrafast Phenomena XVIII, M. Chergui, S. Cundiff, A. Taylor, R. de Vivie-Riedle, K. Yamanouchi (Eds.), EPJ Web of Conferences 41 (2013), 02026. M. Kowalewski, S. Kahra, G. Leschhorn, T. Schätz, and R. de Vivie-Riedle Femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy for single trapped molecular ions

Ultrafast Phenomena XVIII, M. Chergui, S. Cundiff, A. Taylor, R. de Vivie-Riedle, K. Yamanouchi (Eds.), EPJ Web of Conferences 41 (2013), 02028.