Prof. Dr. Katharina Al-Shamery
Physical sciences, Surface and interface science, (photo)catalysis and nanophotonics
Prof. Dr. Katharina Landfester
Nominated by
- Acatech - National Academy of Science and Engineering
- German Research Foundation (DFG)
- Union of Chemical Industry (VCI)
- AcademiaNet member since 17.05.2010
- AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria
Employed by
- Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Mainz
Academic Discipline/Fields
- Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Field
Physical sciences
Area of specialisation
Polymer chemistry, macromolecular chemistry
Research interests
Heterophase polymers
Distinctions and Awards
Reimund Stadler Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification) award from the Macromolecular Chemistry Group of the German Chemical Society (GDCh), 2001
Fellowship from the Dr Hermann Schnell Foundation, 2001
Liebig fellowship from the German Chemical Industry Foundation (FCI), 1998 – 2000
German Research Foundation (DFG) fellowship, 1996
Course completion award from the German Chemical Industry Foundation, 1995
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) scholarship, 1994
DAAD scholarship, 1992
Languages
English, German
Doctorate
- 1995: Synthesis and Characterisation of core-shell latexes with electron microscopy and solid-state NMR ("Synthesis and characterisation of core-shell-lattices with electron microscopy and solid-state NMR")
PostDoc qualification, e.g. Habilitation
- 2002: Physikalische Chemie/Physical Chemistry ("Physical chemistry")
Short CV/Education and training
- 1995Doctorate from the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany
- 2002Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification) with a thesis on mini-emulsions
- Since 2002Member of the Junge Akademie (Young Academy), Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- 2003 – 2008C4 professor of Macromolecular Chemistry and Organic Materials at Ulm University, Germany
- Since 2008Director of the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz
Selected publications
Landfester, K., Spiess, H.W.: Characterization of interphases in core-shell latexes by solid-state NMR. In: Acta Polym. 49, 1998. pp. 451-464.
Landfester, K.: Polyreactions in miniemulsions. In: Macromol. Rapid Comm. 22, 2001. pp. 896-936.
Tiarks, F., Landfester, K., Antonietti, M.: Preparation of polymeric nanocapsules by miniemulsion polymerization. In: Langmuir 17(3), 2001. pp. 908-917.
Kietzke, T. et al.: Novel approaches to polymer blends based on polymer nanoparticles. In: Nature Materials 2(6), 2003. pp. 408-412.
Taden, A., Antonietti, M., Landfester, K.: Enzymatic polymerization towards biodegradable nanoparticles. In: Macromol. Rapid Comm. 24, 2003. pp. 512-516.
Landfester, K.: Miniemulsionspolymerisation und Struktur von Polymer- und Hybridnanopartikeln. In: Angew. Chem. 121, 2009. pp. 4523-4535.
Mailänder, V., Landfester, K.: Interaction of Nanoparticles with Cells. In: Biomacromolecules 2009, pp. 2379-2400.
Membership in scientific bodies/juries
Member of the selection committee for the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, since 2009
Member of the Centre for General Scientific Professional Development, Ulm University, since 2004
Head of the Musical Centre of Ulm, Germany, since 2003
Director of a newly established chemistry laboratory for school pupils at Ulm University, since 2003
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