Curriculum Vitae

Professor Dr. Dr. h. c. Helmuth Möhwald

• 1971: Diploma in Physics, (University Göttingen)
  Thesis: Measurements of the absolute polarization of optical transitions with molecules and molecular complexes in liquid-crystalline solvents
• 1974: PhD in Physics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen (Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer Institute)
  Thesis: Localised and delocalised triplet states in single crystals of electron donor acceptor complexes: ESR and emission spectroscopic investigations between 4K and 300K
• 1974-1975: Postdoc, (IBM San Jose)
• 1978: Habilitation in Physics, (University of Ulm)
  Thesis: Transport properties and phase transition in crystals of organic charge-transfer complexes
• 1978-1981: Scientific Co-Worker, (Dornier-System, Friedrichshafen)
• 1981-1987: Associate Professor (C3) in Experimental Physics (Biophysics), (TU München)
• 1987-1993: Chair (C4) in Physical Chemistry, (University of Mainz)
• Since 1993: Director and Scientific Member, (Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interface, Golm/Potsdam)
• Since 1995: Honorary Professor, (University of Potsdam)

Guest Professor

• 1983: University Pennsylvania
• 1991-1992: Weizmann Institut, Rehovot
• Since 2001: Zheijang University, Hangzhou
• Since 2004: Fudan University, Shanghai

Awards

• 1979: Physics Award of the German Physical Society
• 1998: Raphael-Eduard-Liesegang Award of the German Colloid Society
• 2000: Chaire de Paris
• 2000: Vannegard Lecture, Gothenburg
• 2002: Lectureship Award of the Japanese Colloid Society, Sendai
• 2002: Founder’s Lecture, London
• 2002: Eli Burstein Lecture, Philadelphia
• 2004: Corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
• 2006: Honorary Professor at the the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Institute of Chemistry)
• 2007: Prix-Gay-Lussac, French Ministry of Research and Technology in collaboration with the Alexander Humboldt Foundation
• 2007: Overbeek Medal of the European Colloid and Interface Society
• 2008: Honorary Doctorate of the University Montpellier, France
• 2009: Wolfgang Ostwald Price of the German Colloid Society

ISI Publication Record (2009)

• Publications: >760, citations >24.000
• h-index: 75, highly cited scientist

Memberships

• Since 1986: Board of the German Colloid Society
• 1996-1998: Board of the German Physical Society
• 1996-1998: Speaker of the Professional Association “Chemical Physics” of the German Physical Society
• 1997-2000: Scientific Advisory Board of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
• 2002-2008 Scientific Advisory Board of the Hahn Meitner Institute, Berlin
• 2002/2003: President of the European Colloid and Interfaces Society
• 2004-2007: President of the German Colloid Society
• Since 2004: Scientific Advisory Board and Jury of the Austrian Nano Initiative
• 2005-2008: Head of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Hahn Meitner Institute, Berlin
• Since 2008: Biofibre Materials Research Center, Stockholm
• Since 2008: Aldolphe Merkle Institut, Fribourg, CH
• Since 2008: International Center for Frontier Research in Chemistry, Strasbourg, F
• Since 2008: Head of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Institute of Biophysics of the Austrian Acad. Sci., Graz, Au

Research Interests

Biomimetic Systems

• Structure of Complex Interfaces
  (amphiphiles, peptides, proteins, polymers, clusters, particles
• Polymer (protein)/Lipid Interactions
• Processes at Surfaces of Model Membranes
  (enzyme catalysis, recognition, ion translocation)

Chemistry and Physics in Confined Space

• Structure Transitions
  (phase transitions and separations, crystallization and growth, swelling)
• Synthesis
  (enzyme catalysis, polymerization, inorganic particle synthesis)
• Encapsulation and Release
• Sonochemistry

Dynamics at Interfaces

• Molecular Motion
  (translational, rotational)
• Electron/Energy Transfer
• Molecular Exchange
• Surface Rheology

Supramolecular Interactions

• Noncovalent Intermolecular Interactions
  (metal coordination, hydrogen bonds)
• Interactions between Interfaces
  (enhanced colloidal interactions, entropic forces, long-range electrostatic and magnetic interactions)