Group Members

Prof. Dr. habil. Hans Börner


Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Chemistry / Laboratory of Organic Synthesis of functional Systems
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany

Room: 2'115
Tel: +49 (0)30 2093-7348
Email:
h.boerner
    
chemie.hu-berlin.de
 Prof. Dr. habil. Hans Börner

CURRICULUM VITAE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
08/09
W3-Professor at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
02/09
Habilitation at the University of Potsdam to obtain the venia legendi in macromolecular and colloid chemistry.
4/03-9/09
Group leader of an independent Emmy-Noether Group at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (Potsdam) in the department of Colloid chemistry (director: Prof. Dr. M. Antonietti)
„Bioorganic - Synthetic Hybrid Polymers as Molecular LEGO® - Bricks”
03
Short-term Visiting Researcher (Department of Biochemistry)
University of New Hampshire, New Hampshire, USA; Prof. T. Laue
02
Short-term Visiting Researcher (Department of Biochemistry) Stellenbosch University, South Africa
02-03
Project leader at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam (Department of Colloid Chemistry).
00-01
Post doctoral Fellow Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA (Group of Prof. K. Matyjaszewski) (Research on the synthesis and characterization of macromolecular bottle brushes with complex architectures using controlled radical polymerization techniques)

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
97/00
Doctoral research in Macromolecular Chemistry (Supervised by Prof. W. Heitz, Marburg)
("Synthesis of Novel Phosphine Substituted Block Copolymers and Application as Building Blocks for Nano Reactors")
96
Chemistry, Diploma (Supervised by Prof. W. Heitz, Marburg)
("Applying the Concept of Large Counter Cations to Metal Free Anionic Polymerization of Acrylates and Meth acrylates";)
93-00
Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
91-93
Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
91
Menzel-Oberschule, Berlin-Tiergarten, Germany (Abitur)

AWARDS
2009
International Advisory Board of „Macromol. Rapid Commun.” and „Macromol. Bioscience.” Wiley VCH.
04/07
Awarded by the Dr. Hermann Schnell foundation / German Chemical Society for the best young German scientists in the field of macromolecular science.
10/06
Selected for the membership in the Max-Bergmann Society.
02-08
Emmy-Noether-Scholarship, German Research Foundation (DFG)
00-01
Research fellowship of German Research Foundation (DFG)

FIELDS OF INTERESTS
  1. Synthesis and design of functional hybrid polymers (bioconjugates)
  2. Biomimetic formation of structure and function in synthetic polymers
  3. Pseudopeptides and precision polymers for life science applications.
  4. Bio-functionalization of surfaces (bioactive polymer scaffolds; bio-inspired adhesion; (bio)-functional coatings, crystal growth modifiers)

RESEARCH KEYWORDS
Hybrid Polymers, Soft-Matter, Self-assembly, Complex materials