Distinguished Professor
Christopher Barner-Kowollik
Academic Division,
Research Portfolio,
Office of the DVC & VP
(Research)
Biography
From 04/22 Distinguished Professor (QUT)From 12/19 Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice President, Research (DVCR) at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia
From 07/17 Australian Laureate Fellow (Australian Research Council)
From 04/17 Full Professor of Materials Science at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia, and Professor (Fractional) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
11/15 – 07/16 Founding Director of the Centre of Excellence (Sonderforschungsbereich) (SFB 1176) ‘Molecular Structure of Soft Matter’ at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), continued principle investigator
06/13 – 04/17 Professor (Fractional) of Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia
03/11 – 12/17 Director (jointly with S. Bräse und J. Lahann) of the ‘Soft Matter Synthesis Laboratory’ of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
07/08 – 04/17 Full Professor, W3, newly established Chair of Polymer Chemistry New Field Group at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
11/07 – 07/08 Co-Director of the Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design, The University of New South Wales, Australia
12/06 – 07/08 Full Professor (Chair) and ARC Australian Professorial Fellow (2007 – 2011) at the University of New South Wales, Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design, Sydney, Australia
01/06 – 12/06 Associate Professor in Polymer Science at the University of New South Wales, Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design, Sydney, Australia
07/04 – 12/05 Senior Lecturer in Polymer Science at the University of New South Wales, Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design, Sydney, Australia
04/02 – 06/04 Lecturer in Polymer Science at the University of New South Wales, Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design, Sydney, Australia
02/00 – 04/02 Research Associate at the Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design, University of New South Wales, Australia
02/97 – 02/00 Research Assistant at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Germany
Personal details
Positions
- Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice President (Research)
Academic Division,
Research Portfolio,
Office of the DVC & VP
(Research) - Professor in Materials Science and Engineering
Faculty of Science,
School of Chemistry & Physics
Keywords
Macromolecular Chemistry, Light Induced Chemistry, Reversible Deactivation Radical Polymerization (RDRP), Macromolecular Analysis, High Resolution Mass Spectrometry, Macromolecular Surface Chemistry, Macromolecular Kinetics and Mechanism, Advanced Soft Matter Materials
Discipline
Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Organic Chemistry
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD in Chemistry (Gottingen University)
Professional memberships and associations
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA), Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), German Chemical Society (GDCh), American Chemical Society (ACS), Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (FRACI), Fellow of the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences (FQA)
Selected publications
- Rodrigues L, Micallef A, Pfrunder M, Truong V, McMurtrie J, Dargaville T, Goldmann A, Feist F, Barner-Kowollik C, (2021) A Self-Catalyzed Visible Light Driven Thiol Ligation, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143 (19), pp. 7292-7297.
- Galant O, Donmez H, Barner-Kowollik C, Diesendruck C, (2021) Flow Photochemistry for Single-Chain Polymer Nanoparticle Synthesis, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 60 (4).
- Frisch H, Truong V, Barner-Kowollik C, Pelloth J, Tran P, Walther A, Goldmann A, (2021) Wavelength-Selective Softening of Hydrogel Networks, Advanced Materials, 33 (39).
- Lückerath T, Koynov K, Loescher S, Whitfield C, Nuhn L, Walther A, Barner-Kowollik C, Ng D, Weil T, (2020) DNA–Polymer Nanostructures by RAFT Polymerization and Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 59 (36), pp. 15474-15479.
- Kalayci K, Frisch H, Truong V, Barner-Kowollik C, (2020) Green light triggered [2+2] cycloaddition of halochromic styrylquinoxaline-controlling photoreactivity by pH, Nature Communications, 11 (1).
- Beloqui A, Mane S, Langer M, Glassner M, Bauer D, Fruk L, Barner-Kowollik C, Delaittre G, (2020) Hetero-Diels–Alder Cycloaddition with RAFT Polymers as Bioconjugation Platform, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 59 (45), pp. 19951-19955.
- Gräfe D, Walden S, Blinco J, Wegener M, Blasco E, Barner-Kowollik C, (2020) It's in the fine print: Erasable three-dimensional laser-printed micro- and nanostructures, Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 59 (16), pp. 6330-6340.
- Feist F, Rodrigues L, Walden S, Krappitz T, Dargaville T, Weil T, Goldmann A, Blinco J, Barner-Kowollik C, (2020) Light-induced ligation of o-quinodimethanes with gated fluorescence self-reporting, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142 (17), pp. 7744-7748.
- Michalek L, Krappitz T, Mundsinger K, Walden S, Barner L, Barner-Kowollik C, (2020) Mapping Photochemical Reactivity Profiles on Surfaces, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142 (52).
- Houck H, Müller P, Wegener M, Barner-Kowollik C, Du Prez F, Blasco E, (2020) Shining light on poly(ethylene glycol): From polymer modification to 3D laser printing of water erasable microstructures, Advanced Materials, 32 (34).
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Christopher, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- United Kingdom Macro Group Medal
- Type
- Membership of Review Panels on Prestigious Grant Applications
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- Member of the ARC Australian Laureate Fellowship Selection Advisory Committee
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- Prime Minister's Prize for Science Finalist
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- QUT Vice-Chancellor's Excellence Award for Leadership Excellence
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
- Type
- Recipient of an Australia Council Grant or Australia Council Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- Australian Laureate Fellowship
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- International Biannual Belgian Polymer Group (BPG) Award, for outstanding contributions to polymer science and numerous interactions with Belgian polymer groups. Featured in Angewandte Chemie Intl. Ed. 2012, 51, 1-2.
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- Erwin Schrödinger Award of the Helmholtz Association in recognition of the body of work on 3D laser printing of functionalized microstructures
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2013
- Details
- Editor-in-Chief of Polymer Chemistry (Royal Society of Chemistry)
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2011
- Details
- Australian Professorial Fellowship, Australian Research Council (ARC)
Research projects
- Title
- A New Generation of Photoresists for 3D Laser Lithography
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP180100316
- Start year
- 2018
- Keywords
- Title
- High Performance Inks for Solution Based Organic Light Emitting Diodes Manufacturing
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP170100387
- Start year
- 2018
- Keywords
- Title
- Light-Induced chemical modularity: a new frontier in macromolecular design
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- FL170100014
- Start year
- 2018
- Keywords
- Title
- Nanoparticle driven templating of microspheres as chromatographic materials
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP160101362
- Start year
- 2017
- Keywords