Research Groups

Professors

	Cölfen, Helmut Dr. rer.nat., Prof. Room: L 1006 Phone: +49 7531 884063 Fax: +49 7531 883139 helmut.coelfen@uni-konstanz.de Assistant: Michaela Köst Room: L 1002 Phone: +49 7531 882027 sekretariat.coelfen@uni-konstanz.de http://cms.uni-konstanz.de/coelfen	Physical Chemistry Polymer and Colloid Analysis Analytical Ultracentrifugation . method and detector development Nucleation Non Classical Crystallization Functional Polymer Additives Biomineralisation

	Drescher, Malte Dr. rer.nat. Room: L 1005 Phone: +49 7531 885262 malte.drescher@uni-konstanz.de www.uni-konstanz.de/drescher	Electron Spin Resonance Method developments Determination of structure and dynamics (e.g. biomolecules) Double resonance techniques ESR-imaging (ESRI)

	Exner, Thomas Dr.-Ing., Prof. Room: L 1004 Phone: +49 7531 882015 Fax: +49 7531 883587 thomas.exner@uni-konstanz.de www.tcd.uni-konstanz.de	Theoretical Chemical Dynamics Quantum chemical calculations of very large biochemical systems Molecular visualisation Molecular recognition

	Gebauer, Denis Dr. rer. nat. Room: L 1004 Phone.: +49 7531 882169 denis.gebauer@uni-konstanz.de http://cms.uni-konstanz.de/gebauer/	Physical Chemistry Pränukleationscluster Bio- und bioinspirierte Mineralisation Polyamorphie von Mineralien Nukleation und Wachstum Additiv-kontrollierte Kristallisation

	Groth, Ulrich Dr. rer.nat., Prof. Room: L 806 Phone: +49 7531 882885 Fax: +49 7531 884155 ulrich.groth@uni-konstanz.de Assistant: Milena Quentin Room: L 805 Phone: +49 7531 882278 sekretariat.groth@uni-konstanz.de www.ag-groth.chemie.uni-konstanz.de	Organic Chemistry with Focus on Chemistry of Natural Materials, Aromatic and Heterocyclic Compounds Total synthesis of natural materials and pharmacologically active substances Asymmetric catalysis Organochromium chemistry Organometallic reagents in organic synthesis

	Hartig, Jörg Dr. rer.nat., Prof. Room: Z 817 Phone: +49 7531 884575 joerg.hartig@uni-konstanz.de www.uni-konstanz.de/FuF/chemie/jhartig	Chemistry of Biofunctional Materials RNA biochemistry and biotechnology Nucleic acid-ligand interactions Manipulation of structure and function of biopolymers

	Hauser, Karin Dr. rer.nat., Prof. Room: L 1001 Phone: +49 7531 885356 Fax: +49 7531 883139 Karin.Hauser@uni-konstanz.de Assistant: Aleksandra Hajnic Room: L 1002 Phone: +49 7531 882684 Aleksandra.Hajnic@uni-konstanz.de www.biophysik.uni-konstanz.de	Biophysical Chemistry Folding and conformational dynamics of biomoelcules Ion transport in membrane proteins Infrared spectroscopy; development of tmie-resolved techniques Computational biophysics; electrostatics

	Manea, Marilena Dr. rer.nat. Room: L 832 Phone: +49 7531 882285 Fax: +49 7531 883097 marilena.manea@uni-konstanz.de	Peptide Chemistry with Focus on Bioactive Peptides Synthesis of linear, cyclic and branched peptides Antigenic and immunogenic polypeptides (synthetic peptide based vaccines) Anticancer drug-peptide bioconjugates (targeted cancer chemotherapy) Proteomics Affinity-mass spectrometry

	Marx, Andreas Dr. phil., Prof. Room: L 902 Phone: +49 7531 885139 Fax: +49 7531 885140 andreas.marx@uni-konstanz.de Assistant: Karin Reichardt Room: L 901 Phone: +49 7531 883683 karin.reichardt@uni-konstanz.de www.chemie.uni-konstanz.de/~agmarx	Organic Chemistry / Cellular Chemistry Synthesis of modified nucleosides, oligonucleotides and nucleic acids Synthesis of biopolymers Chemical tools for testing the functioning of DNA polymerases Methods for an efficient genome analysis Directed evolution of biopolymers with novel properties and functions

	Mecking, Stefan Dr. rer.nat., Prof. Room: L 706 Phone: +49 7531 885151 Fax: +49 7531 885152 stefan.mecking@uni-konstanz.de Assistant: Susan Kyncl Room: L 705 Phone: +49 7531 882593 www.chemie.uni-konstanz.de/~agmeck	Chemical Materials Science Synthesis of polymers with controlled microstructures Transition metal-catalysts for polymerization reactions Nanoparticles and polymer colloids Highly disperse functional materials Renewable Resources

	Möller, Heiko Dr. rer.nat., Prof. Room: L 1123 Phone: +49 7531 885174 Fax: +49 7531 885149 heiko.moeller@uni-konstanz.de www.nmr.uni-konstanz.de	NMR Spectroscopy in Complex Molecular Systems Biomolecular interactions Design of ligands for biological macromolecules Structure and dynamics of proteins and protein-ligand complexes

	Müller, Gerhard Dr. rer.nat., Prof. Room: L 703 Phone: +49 7531 883735 Fax: +49 7531 883140 gerhard.mueller@uni-konstanz.de http://cms.uni-konstanz.de/mueller/.de	Inorganic Chemistry with Focus on the Chemistry of Main Group Elements Chemistry of the main group elements Structural chemistry

	Polarz, Sebastian Dr. rer.nat., Prof. Room: L 713 Phone: +49 7531 884415 Fax: +49 7531 884406 sebastian.polarz@uni-konstanz.de http://cms.uni-konstanz.de/polarz	Solid-State Chemistry and Bioinorganic Chemistry Nanoporous solids Nanoparticles and colloids Inorganic functional materials Organometallic molecules as precursors for complex materials Chemistry in limited reaction spaces Modern solid-state analysis

	Przybylski, Michael Dr. rer.nat., Dr. h.c., Prof. Room: L 804 Phone: +49 7531 882249 Fax: +49 7531 883097 michael.przybylski@uni-konstanz.de Assistant: Gabrie la Paraschiv Stefan Slamnoiu (Website) Room: L 833 Phone: +49 7531 882497 sekretariat.przybylski@uni-konstanz.de www.uni-konstanz.de/agprzybylski/chemie	Analytical Chemistry Biopolymer Chemistry Peptide and protein structure analysis Biomolecular mass spectrometry Proteome analysis Molecular recognition and supramolecular association Vaccine peptide and epitope analysis Neurodegenerative proteins / ß-amyloid Serum antibodies and immunochemistry

	Summerer, Daniel Dr. rer.nat. Room: P 953 Phone: +49 7531 885669 daniel.summerer@uni-konstanz.de http://cms.uni-konstanz.de/summerer/	Chemical Biology of the Genetic Code Nucleic Acid Chemistry Protein-Chemistry Molecular Design by Directed Evolution Nucleic Acid Recognition of Pathogenic Processes Reprogramming of RNA-Recognition Synthetic Biology

	Titz, Alexander Dr. Room: P 954 Phone.: +49 7531 885628 alexander.titz@uni-konstanz.de http://cms.uni-konstanz.de/titz/	Bioorganic Chemistry / Medicinal Chemistry carbohydrate protein interactions lectins glycosyltransferases inhibition of bacterial biofilms organic synthesis of glycoconjugates biophysical evaluation of carbohydrate protein interactions

	Winter, Rainer Dr. rer.nat., Prof. Room: L 702 Phone: +49 7531 885355 Fax: +49 7531 883136 Rainer.Winter@uni-konstanz.de Assistant: Karin Hoch Room: L 701 Phone: +49 7531 882052 Karin.Hoch@Uni-Konstanz.de www.agwinter.chemie.uni-konstanz.de	Anorganische Chemie mit Schwerpunkt Metallorganische Π-Systeme Komplexe mit kohlenstoffreichen, ungesättigten Liganden Metallorganische Chromophore und Elektrochrome Elektroanalytische Chemie und Spektroelektrochemie Gemischtvalente Systeme Sensibilisatoren für die Photokatalyse

	Wittemann, Alexander Dr. rer.nat., Prof. Room: L 1118 Phone: +49 7531 885458 alexander.wittemann@uni-konstanz.de http://cms.uni-konstanz.de/kolloidchemie-ag-wittemann/	Kolloidchemie Synthese von polymeren und anorganischen Kolloidteilchen Selbstorganisation von Nanopartikeln Suprakolloidale Systeme Analytik mesoskopisch strukturierter Systeme Proteinbindung an polymere Träger

	Wittmann, Valentin Dr. rer.nat., Prof. Room: L 814 Phone: +49 7531 884572 Fax: +49 7531 884573 valentin.wittmann@uni-konstanz.de www.valentin-wittmann.de	Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry Synthesis of oligosaccharides, peptides, and glycopeptides Combinatorial synthesis and screening of compound libraries Multivalent carbonhydrate-protein interactions New glycosylation methods RNA targeting with aminoglycoside mimetics

	Wöll, Dominik Dr. rer.nat. Room: L 1006 Phone: +49 7531 882024 dominik.woell@uni-konstanz.de www.uni-konstanz.de/FuF/chemie/woell/	Single Molecule Spectroscopic Investigations on polymer systems Widefield microscopy and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy polymer dynamics and structure dynamics during polymerization polymer networks

	Zumbusch, Andreas Dr. rer.nat., Prof. Room: L 1003 Phone: +49 7531 882357 Fax: +49 7531 883139 andreas.zumbusch@uni-konstanz.de Assistant: Michaela Köst Room: L 1002 Phone: +49 7531 882027 sekretariat.zumbusch@uni-konstanz.de http://cms.uni-konstanz.de/zumbusch	Physical Chemistry Optical spectroscopy and microscopy of individual molecules Non-linear optical microscopy Applications of ultrasensitive optical techniques to biophysical and materials science issues

Professors Emeriti and Retired Professors

	Brintzinger, Hans-Herbert Dr., Dr. h.c., Prof. em. Room: R 506 Tel.: +49 7531 882692 Fax: +49 7531 883137 hans.brintzinger@uni-konstanz.de www.chemie.uni-konstanz.de/agbri	General and Coordination Chemistry Organometallic synthesis Homogeneous catalysis Olefin polymerisation

	Daltrozzo, Ewald Dr. rer.nat., Prof. em. Room: L 1036 Phone: +49 7531 882028 Fax: +49 7531 883043 ewald.daltrozzo@uni-konstanz.de	Physical Chemistry with Focus on Spectroscopy and Kinetics Synthesis and spectroscopy of new fluorescent dyes Determination of structure/property relations

	Felsche, Jürgen Dr. rer.nat., Prof. i.R. Room: Z 709 Phone: +49 7531 882025 Fax: +49 7531 883142 felsche@vg3.chemie.uni-konstanz.de www.chemie.uni-konstanz.de/~agfel	Chemical Materials Science - Inorganic and Bioinorganic Solid-State Chemistry Micro- und mesoporous materials Biocomposite Bones and Teeth Silica in plants

	Fischer, Helmut Dr. rer.nat., Prof. i.R. Room: L 702 Phone: +49 7531 882783 Fax: +49 7531 883136 helmut.fischer@uni-konstanz.de Assistant: Karin Hoch Room: L 701 Phone: +49 7531 882052 www.agfischer.chemie.uni-konstanz.de	Inorganic Chemistry with Focus on Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis Organometallic chemistry Carbon-rich metal complexes Metallacumulenes Reaction mechanisms Structures Stabilisation of unstable particles

	Jochims, Johannes C. Dr. rer.nat., Prof. i.R. Room: L 809 Phone: +49 7531 882687 johannes.jochims@uni-konstanz.de	Organic Chemistry with Focus on Reactive Intermediates Cumulenes Heterocumulenes Nuclear magnetic resonance Stereochemistry

	Metz, Fritz Dr. rer.nat., Prof. i.R. Room: L 1025 Phone: +49 7531 882017 Fax: +49 7531 884414 metz@chemie.uni-konstanz.de dg3.chemie.uni-konstanz.de/agmetz/	Theoretical Chemistry Quantum mechanic systems theory Molecular systems in electromagnetic fields Mathematical-physical foundations of quantum chemistry

	Pfleiderer, Wolfgang Dr. rer.nat., Dr. h.c., Prof. em. Room: L 845 Phone: +49 7531 882279 Fax: +49 7531 883138 wolfgang.pfleiderer@uni-konstanz.de	Organic Chemistry Heterocyclic chemistry, pteridines, purines, pyrimidines Nucleic acid chemistry, nucleosides, nucleotides, oligonucleotides Protective-group chemistry, photolabile protective groups, ß-eliminable protective groups Natural materials chemistry, natural pteridine derivatives

	Schmidt, Richard R. Dr. rer.nat., Prof. em. Room: L 828 Phone: +49 7531 882538 Fax: +49 7531 883135 richard.schmidt@uni-konstanz.de www.chemie.uni-konstanz.de/~agschm	Organic Chemistry with Focus on Cellular Chemistry and Biochemistry Chemical and biomolecular synthesis methods Glycoconjugates Tumor vaccines Immune stimulants Membrane components Enzyme inhibitors Molecular recognition and cell adhesion

	Steiner, Ulrich Dr. rer.nat., Prof. i.R. Room: L 1025 Phone: +49 7531 883570 Fax: +49 7531 883014 ulrich.steiner@uni-konstanz.de www.chemie.uni-konstanz.de/~ag_steiner	Physical Chemistry with Focus on Photochemistry and Spin Chemistry Photochemistry and photophysics Chemical kinetics and reaction mechanisms Spin chemistry

	Weyrich, Wolf Dr.-Ing., Dr. phil. h.c., Prof. i.R. Room: L 1052 Phone: +49 7531 882002 Fax: +49 7531 883139 weyrich@chclu.chemie.uni-konstanz.de	Physical Chemistry with Focus on Structure and Dynamics of Matter Dynamics of electrons Chemical bonding Intermolecular interactions Extraordinary materials Computational chemistry

External Lecturers and Honorary Professors

Eiden, Stefanie
Dr. rer.nat., Privatdozentin

Inorganic chemistry

Figala, Volker
Dr. rer.nat., Prof.

Honorary professor

Klemm, Kurt
Dr. rer.nat., Prof.

Honorary professor