- 2008 BSc, Chemistry, University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
- 2009 MSc, Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria
- 2012 PhD, Theoretical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria
Computational study of the photophysics of interacting DNA nucleobases, supervised by Prof. Hans Lischka - 2013-2015 Postdoc, Ruprecht-Karls University, Heidelberg, Germany
Study of phosphorescent iridium complexes, hosted by Prof. Andreas Dreuw - 2015-2017 Postdoc, University of Vienna, Austria
Nonadiabatic photodynamics, hosted by Prof. Leticia Gonzalez - 2018 - (Senior) Lecturer in Physical Chemistry, Loughborough University, UK
Computational photochemistry and quantum chemical method development
Research areas
Dr Plasser’s research covers a wide range of applications in computational photochemistry along with a strong focus on quantum chemical method development.
Research Themes
- Functional molecules and organic electronics
- Photophysics and spectroscopy
- Organic synthesis
Quantum Chemical Method Development
- Correlated electronic structure methods
- Excited-state wavefunction analysis
- Nonadiabatic dynamics simulations
School responsibilities
- Open Research Champion for the School of Science
- Member of the HPC Stakeholder Sub-Committee
Departmental responsibilities
Teaching responsibilities
- Module leader for CMB105 (Thermodynamics, Kinetics, and Quanta)
- Module leader for CMC029: Investigative Computational Projects
- Module leader for CMD304: Molecular simulation and bioinformatics
- Computer exercises in Part A/B labs
- CMC003: Physical Chemistry Advanced - Applied Quantum Chemistry
- CMC026: Investigative Projects - Computational Chemistry Experiment
- CMD001/CMP056: Research Projects
Editorial roles
- since 2026: Associate Editor for the International Journal of Quantum Chemistry
- 2023–2025: Section Editor-in-Chief for Chemistry
Scientific societies
- since 2026: Committee member of the RSC Spectroscopy & Dynamics Interest Group
- since 2018: Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- since 2016: Member of the Society of Austrian Chemists (GÖCH)
Outreach
- 2020–2022: Provide for Nuffield Research Placements