Thomas Trepl Awarded the Presentation Prize

Press release dated 15 April 2026

At the “38th Molecular Modelling Workshop 2026” held in Erlangen in early March, physicist Thomas Trepl from the Chair of Theoretical Physics IV presented new findings on the time-resolved, ultrafast excitation dynamics in a light-harvesting antenna complex of the purple bacterium “Rhodoblastus acidophilus” during his lecture.

For this, he was awarded first place in the “Presentation Prize”.

further information

• Homepage „38th Molecular Modelling Workshop 2026“, Erlangen, 9/10 March 2026
  
  

• Thomas Trepl, Ingo Schelter, Stephan Kümmel
  Time-Resolved Ultrafast Excitation Dynamics in the B850 Light-Harvesting Antenna from Density Functional Theory
  J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2025, 16, 42, 10891
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5c02108

Prof. Dr. Stephan Kümmel
Theoretical Physics IV
University of Bayreuth

Phone: +49 921 55-3220
E-mail: stephan.kuemmel@uni-bayreuth.de