Robin Feldmann

Quantum chemist, software engineer, and game developer

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

About

Focus on developing high-performance quantum chemistry software with applications in molecular chemistry.

Experience

  • Urban Games (1 yr 8 mos)
    • Software Engineer
      Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

    • Junior Software Engineer
      Nov 2024 - Apr 2025 · 6 mos

  • ETH Zürich (Full-time · 3 yrs 11 mos)
    • Postdoctoral Researcher
      Jul 2024 - Nov 2024 · 5 mos

      Collaborated with the Frank Neese group at the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research in Mülheim an der Ruhr to integrate novel multireference coupled-cluster methods into the ORCA quantum chemistry software.

    • PhD in theoretical chemistry
      Jan 2021 - Jun 2024 · 3 yrs 6 mos

      Derived and implemented new quantum chemical methodologies with a focus on high accuracy and computational efficiency, optimizing their integration into high-performance computing (HPC) software packages.

  • Master‘s thesis in theoretical chemistry at ETH Zürich
    Apr 2020 - Sep 2020 · 6 mos

    Correlation effects in multicomponent quantum chemistry. Supervised by Markus Reiher, Alberto Baiardi, and Andrea Muolo. Grade: 6.0 (Swiss system)

  • Research project in materials science at University of Oxford
    Jan 2020 - Apr 2020 · 4 mos

    Investigation of transition metal-tetrele clusters with multi configurational methods in the John McGrady group.

  • Bachelor‘s thesis in materials science at Technical University of Munich
    Mar 2018 - May 2018 · 3 mos

    Towards understanding charge transport in metal organic frameworks — on the effective mass tensor Supervisors: Prof. Karsten Reuter, PD Harald Oberhofer, Christoph Muschielok Grade: 1.0 (German system)