Prof. Dr. Janina Kneipp, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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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 – 1998
    Studied biology and physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

  • 1998 – 2002
    PhD student, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin

  • 2002
    Research associate, Laboratorium voor Intensive Care Research en Optische Spectroscopie, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

  • 2003 – 2005
    Research associate, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA

  • 2005
    Visiting research scientist, Wellman Centre for Photomedicine, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

  • 2005 – 2008
    Junior scientist, Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin-Adlershof, Germany

  • 2008 – 2012
    Junior (S) Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and at BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing

  • 2012
    Appointed W3 professor of physical chemistry at Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany

  • Since 2012
    Professor (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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