Prof. Lital Alfonta
Biological and related sciences , Physical sciencesBioelectrochemistry, Synthetic Biology, Chemical Biology
Prof. Dr. Janina Kneipp
Nominated by
- Acatech - National Academy of Science and Engineering
- European Research Council (ERC)
- AcademiaNet member since 30.03.2011
- AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria
Employed by
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Academic Discipline/Fields
- Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Field
Physical sciences
Area of specialisation
Optical spectroscopy, nano(bio)photonics, analytical chemistry
Research interests
Developing new spectroscopic and microscopic strategies for studying complex bioorganic systems
Surface-enhanced spectroscopy
Multi-photon processes
Raman scattering
Distinctions and Awards
Wilhelm Ostwald Fellow (BAM), since 2012
Offer of a professorship (W2) at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, declined, 2011
European Research Council Starting Grant, 2010
Bunsen Kirchhoff award from German Chemical Society (GDCh), 2010
Offer of a professorship (W2) Lausitz University of Applied Sciences, declined, 2007
Interested in
- Membership in scientific bodies, Refereeing
Languages
Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Russian
Doctorate
- 2002: Fourier-transform infrared microspectroscopic characterization of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies ("Fourier-transform infrared microspectroscopic characterisation of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies")
Short CV/Education and training
- 1992 – 1998Studied biology and physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
- 1998 – 2002PhD student, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin
- 2002Research associate, Laboratorium voor Intensive Care Research en Optische Spectroscopie, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
- 2003 – 2005Research associate, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
- 2005Visiting research scientist, Wellman Centre for Photomedicine, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- 2005 – 2008Junior scientist, Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin-Adlershof, Germany
- 2008 – 2012Junior (S) Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and at BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing
- 2012Appointed W3 professor of physical chemistry at Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany
- Since 2012Professor (W3) of physical chemistry, Humboldt University in Berlin
Selected publications
Selected projects
MULTIBIOPHOT. Multiphoton processes using plasmonics towards advanced nanobiophotonics
NANOTOX. Studies on the toxicity of nanomaterials using surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)
Analytical applications of SERS
Vibrational spectroscopy using synchrotron light sources
Applications of Plasmonics
Membership in scientific bodies/juries
Speaker of the GSC 1013 "School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof (SALSA)"
Associate Editor, Journal of Nanoparticle Research
Additional qualifications
Participated in ProFiL: Professionalisation for women in research and teaching: Mentoring – Training – Networking, 2009 - 2010
Soft Skills/Other activities and achievements
Other activities and achievements/family
Family: 2 children
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