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Tenure-Track-Prof. Dr. Lena Barra
Chemical Biology
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Phone: +49 7531 88-5766Room: P954
Post office box: 710
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Chemical Biology
- Enzymology of secondary metabolite pathways (natural product biosynthesis)
- genome-mining, metabolomics, enzyme mechanisms, biocatalysts
- natural product chemistry
Prof. Dr. Tanja Gaich
Organic Chemistry
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Phone: +49 7531 882278Room: L 806
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Secretariat: Sabrina Franco
Room: L 805
Phone: +49 7531 882278
sekretariat.gaich@uni-konstanz.de
Responsibilities
Organic Chemistry
- Natural product and drug synthesis
- Biomimetic synthesis
- Methodology development
Prof. Dr. Jörg Hartig
Biopolymer Chemistry
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Phone: +49 7531 884575Room: L 904
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Biopolymer Chemistry
- RNA biochemistry and biotechnology
- Nucleic acid-ligand interactions
- Manipulation of structure and function of biopolymers
Prof. Dr. Karin Hauser
Biophysical Chemistry
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Phone: +49 7531 885356Room: L 1001
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Secretariat: Aleksandra Hajnic
Room: L 1002
Phone: +49 7531 882684
Aleksandra.Hajnic@uni-konstanz.de
Responsibilities
Biophysical Chemistry
- Folding and conformational dynamics of biomolecules
- Ion transport in membrane proteins
- Infrared spectroscopy; development of time-resolved techniques
- Computational biophysics; electrostatics
Prof. Dr. Johannes Huwer
Didactics of the Natural Sciences
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Phone: +49 (0) 7531 882533Room: P 1053
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Didactics of the natural sciences
– Digital media in science classes
– Applied media literacy in scientific teaching
– MINT Sustainability education
– Research experimentation in the school laboratory and at school
– Individual support in science lessons: Dealing with diversity and heterogeneity
apl. Prof. Dr. Michael Kovermann
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
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Phone: +49 7531 883801Room: L 828
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Magnetische Resonanzspektroskopie
- Structure, dynamics and function of biomolecules
- Development and application of modern methods in high-resolution NMR spectroscopy
- Protein folding
Dr. Guinevere Mathies
Physical Chemistry
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Phone: +49 7531 88-2013Room: Z 736
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Physical Chemistry
- multi-frequency and transient EPR spectroscopy
- magic-angle spinning (MAS) NMR
- development of new methods of Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP)
- paramagnetic species in biology: transition-metal sites and radical chemistry
Prof. Dr. Stefan Mecking
Chemical Materials Science
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Phone: +49 7531 885151Room: L 706
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Secretariat: Jovelle Hämmerle
Room: L 705
Phone: +49 7531 882593
office.mecking@uni-konstanz.de
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Responsibilities
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
Prof. Dr. Christine Peter-Tittelbach
Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
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Phone: +49 7531 883948Room: P 949
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Secretariat: Aleksandra Hajnic
Room: L 1002
Phone: +49 7531 882684
Aleksandra.Hajnic@uni-konstanz.de
Responsibilities
Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
- Molecular dynamics simulations
- Multiscale simulations and coarse grained models
- Peptide folding and aggregation
- Biological and bio-inspired materials
- Interactions at organic/mineral interfaces
Dr. Cristina Ruiz Agudo
Physical Chemistry
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Phone: +49 7531 882169Room: L 1004
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Physical Chemistry
– Non-Classical crystallization of industrial relevant materials
– Analysis and method development for investigating crystallization processes
– Biomineralization
– Additive-controlled crystallization
Prof. Dr. Miriam Unterlass
Solid State Chemistry
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Phone: +49 7531 88-4415Room: L703
Post office box: 713
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Prof. Dr. Rainer Winter
Inorganic Chemistry: Metal-Organic Chemistry
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Phone: +49 7531 885355Room: L 702
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Secretariat: Birgit Schartl
Room: L 701
Phone: +49 7531 882052
birgit.schartl@uni-konstanz.de
Responsibilities
Inorganic Chemistry: Metal-Organic Chemistry
- Complexes with carbon-rich unsaturated ligands
- Metal-Organic Chromophores and elektrochromics
- Electroanalytical Chemistry and spektroelektrochemistry
- Mixed-valent systems
- Dye-functionalized complexes as emitters
Prof. Dr. Alexander Wittemann
Colloid Chemistry
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Phone: +49 7531 885458Room: L 1118
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Colloid Chemistry
- Synthesis of polymer and inorganic nanoparticles
- Hierarchical organization of colloidal particles
- Shape-tailored supracolloidal assemblies
- Investigation of complex colloids
- Polymer nanostructures as protein carriers
Prof. Dr. Valentin Wittmann
Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry
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Phone: +49 7531 884572Room: L 814
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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
Prof. Dr. Andreas Zumbusch
Physical Chemistry
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Phone: +49 7531 882357Room: L 1003
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Secretariat: Michaela Köst
Room: L 1002
Phone: +49 7531 882027
sekretariat.zumbusch@uni-konstanz.de
Responsibilities
Physical Chemistry
- Optical spectroscopy and microscopy of individual molecules
- Non-linear optical microscopy
- Applications of ultrasensitive optical techniques to biophysical and materials science issues