Professor Leonie Barner
Faculty of Science,
School of Chemistry & Physics
Biography
Since 04/2020 Inaugural Director Centre for a Waste-Free World at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane09/2017 – 12/2019 Platform Leader, Enabling Platform ‘Manufacturing with Advanced Materials’, Institute for Future Environments, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
05/2017 – 01/2021 Principal Research Fellow, Central Analytical Research Facility (CARF), Institute for Future Environments, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
Since 05/2017 Associate and Full Professor, School of Chemistry and Physics, Faculty of Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
06/2013 – 04/2017 Adjunct Professor, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
11/2015-12/2019 Founding Board Member of the Centre of Excellence (Sonderforschungsbereich) (SFB 1176) ‘Molecular Structure of Soft Matter’ at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
10/2011 – 03/2017 Head of the Soft Matter Synthesis Laboratory at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Biological Interfaces, and Deputy Department Head at the Institute of Functional Interfaces, KIT, Germany
10/2008 – 09/2011 Senior Research Scientist at the ‘Fraunhofer Institut für Chemische Technologie’ (ICT) in Pfinztal, Germany
02/2001 – 06/2008 Research Associate, Senior Research Associate, Research Fellow and Research Manager Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
10/1998 – 01/2001 Research Chemist, Research and Development, Separation Technology, Sartorius AG, Göttingen, Germany
Personal details
Positions
- Principal Research Fellow
Faculty of Science,
School of Chemistry & Physics
Keywords
Polymer Chemistry, Circular Economy and Circular Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, Life Cycle Assessment, Surface Chemistry, Co-design, Behavioral change
Discipline
Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry, Other Chemical Sciences, Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Dr. rer. Nat (PhD) (University of Gottingen (Universitat zu Gottin)
Selected publications
- Estupinan D, Barner-Kowollik C, Barner L, (2018) Counting the clicks in fluorescent polymer networks, Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 57 (20), pp. 5925-5929.
- Michalek L, Barner L, Barner-Kowollik C, (2018) Polymer on top: Current limits and future perspectives of quantitatively evaluating surface grafting, Advanced Materials, 30 (21), pp. 1-18.
- Michalek L, Mundsinger K, Barner-Kowollik C, Barner L, (2019) The long and the short of polymer grafting, Polymer Chemistry, 10 (1), pp. 54-59.
- Cavalli F, Mutlu H, Steinmueller S, Barner L, (2017) The para-fluoro-thiol reaction as a powerful tool for precision network synthesis, Polymer Chemistry, 8 (25), pp. 3778-3782.
- Delaittre G, Barner L, (2018) The para-fluoro-thiol reaction as an efficient tool in polymer chemistry, Polymer Chemistry, 9 (20), pp. 2679-2684.
- Estupinan D, Gegenhuber T, Blinco J, Barner-Kowollik C, Barner L, (2017) Self-reporting fluorescent step-growth RAFT polymers based on nitrile imine-mediated tetrazole-ene cycloaddition chemistry, ACS Macro Letters, 6 (3), pp. 229-234.
- Hooker J, Delafresnaye L, Barner L, Barner-Kowollik C, (2019) With polymer photoclicks to fluorescent microspheres, Materials Horizons, 6 (2), pp. 356-363.
- Tischer T, Gralla-Koser R, Trouillet V, Barner L, Barner-Kowollik C, Lee-Thedieck C, (2016) Direct mapping of RAFT controlled macromolecular growth on surfaces via single molecule force spectroscopy, ACS Macro Letters, 5 (4), pp. 498-503.
- Barner L, Barner-Kowollik C, (2015) The link that lasts: A new frontier in supramolecular block copolymer design, Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 54 (40), pp. 11612-11614.
- Rodriguez-Emmenegger C, Decker A, Surman F, Preuss C, Sedlakova Z, Zydziak N, Barner-Kowollik C, Schwartz T, Barner L, (2014) Suppressing Pseudomonas aeruginosa adhesion via non-fouling polymer brushes, RSC Advances, 4 (110), pp. 64781-64790.
QUT ePrints
To find publications by Leonie, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.
Awards
- Type
- Recipient of an Australia Council Grant or Australia Council Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- Chief Investigator on ARC Linkage Project 'Nanoparticle driven templating of microspheres as chromatographic materials'
- Type
- Recipient of an Australia Council Grant or Australia Council Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- Chief Investigator on ARC Discovery Project 'Nitroxide-containing scaffolds for controlling biofilm-related infections'
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- Granting of an equivalent to a Centre of Excellence (Sonderforschungsbereich) 'Molecular Structuring of Soft Matter' by the German Research Foundation, Founding Member and Board Member as well as Principal Investigator
- Type
- Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- Invited Speaker at the World Polymer Congress in Cairns, Australia, 1st to 5th July, 2018
- Type
- Committee Role/Editor or Chair of an Academic Conference
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- Member of the Standing Committee of the RACI Polymer Division and Member of the Organising Committee of the 37th Australasian Polymer Symposium
Selected research projects
- Title
- Nanoparticle driven templating of microspheres as chromatographic materials
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP160101362
- Start year
- 2017
- Keywords
- Title
- Nitroxide-containing scaffolds for controlling biofilm-related infections
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP150100234
- Start year
- 2015
- Keywords
- nitroxide; microparticle; surface coating
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Quantifying kinetic and thermodynamic drivers of physisorbed and chemisorbed macromolecules on surfaces
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Distinguished Professor Christopher Barner-Kowollik, Associate Professor Josh Lipton-Duffin - SYSTEM DYNAMICS ANALYSIS FOR A CIRCULAR TRANSITION OF THE PLASTICS ECONOMY IN SOUTH-EAST QUEENSLAND: OPTIMIZATION OF LOCAL PLASTIC ECONOMY, POLICY AND RECYCLING THROUGH SYSTEMIC FEEDBACK MODELLING AND POLICY SCENARIOS TESTING
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Manuela Taboada - How can digitalisation enable the transition to a circular economy?
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Rui Torres de Oliveira, Associate Professor Shane Mathews - Advanced Photochemical Systems with Bathochromic Shift for Precision Soft Materials Design
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Distinguished Professor Christopher Barner-Kowollik, Dr Hendrik Frisch