CV

Dr. Ragnar Björnsson

Since 2021,  permanent CEA researcher at the LCBM at CEA (Grenoble).

Previous positions

2018-2021: Groupleader at Dept. Inorganic Spectroscopy, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion.

2014-2018: IRF-funded research scientist (research assistant professor) at the Science Institute, University of Iceland.

Education and training

B.Sc. degree in biochemistry at the University of Iceland (UI), 2003.

M.Sc. degree in inorganic chemistry with Prof. Ingvar Árnason, UI, 2008. 

PhD in computational chemistry with Prof. Michael Bühl, University of St Andrews, Scotland, 2012. 

Postdoc in the groups of Profs. Frank Neese and Serena DeBeer at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany, 2012-2014.

Grants

2014: 3-year research fellowship from the Icelandic Research Fund.

2016: Project grant from the Icelandic Research Fund.