Thomas Lörting is currently heading a research group dealing with supercooled water, amorphous water and ice.

Previously, he did research on nanotechnology and surface science with Prof. Erminald Bertel at the Institute of Physical Chemistry at the University of Innsbruck. From October 2001 – October 2003, Dr. Lörting worked with Prof. Mario J. Molina at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, investigating the interaction of atmospheric trace gases with ice crystals to better understand the processes which cause the annual springtime formation of the ozone-hole above Antarctica. Following the completion of his Ph.D. in 2000, Dr. Lörting joined the research group of Prof. Andreas Hallbrucker and Prof. Erwin Mayer in Innsbruck. Together they discovered a high-density form of amorphous ice named VHDA.

Lörting holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Innsbruck, Austria in the field of theoretical chemistry.