University training and degree

1992 – 1995

Doctoral research with Prof. Armin de Meijere at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany

1987 – 1992

Diploma in Chemistry at the Technical University Darmstadt and Göttingen, Germany

Advanced academic qualifications

Habilitation

Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Freiburg, 2002
Mentor: Prof. Dr. Rolf Mülhaupt

Doctorate

Organic Chemistry, University of Göttingen, 1995 (summa cum laude)
Supervisor: Prof. Armin de Meijere

Postgraduate professional career

Since 2004

Chair Professor of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

06-08/2014

Visiting professor, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, with Prof. Gerd Multhaup and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada,
with Prof. Don Brooks and Prof. J. Kizhakkedathu

06-08/2009

Visiting professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA,
with Prof. David Weitz

2003 – 2004

Associate Professor of Organic Polymer Chemistry, Universität Dortmund

1999 – 2002

Group Leader and Habilitation at Freiburg Materials Research Center and Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry, Universität Freiburg

1997 – 1999

Research associate in the Department of Chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, with Prof. George M. Whitesides

1996 – 1997

Postdoctoral fellow at the Chemical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK, with Prof. Steven V. Ley

Awards (selected)

2023

Elected Member of the European Academy of Sciences

2022

Advanced Grant of the European Research Council (ERC) "SupraVir"

2019

Elected Member of the National Academy of Sciences and Engineering

2016

Innovation Award Berlin-Brandenburg with the startup DendroPharm

2014

Teaching Award for the Concept “Translation of Project Ideas”,
Freie Universität Berlin

2014

Honorary Life-time Fellow of the Indian Society of Biology and Chemistry

2010

Arthur Doolittle Award of the American Chemical Society (ACS)

2004

Nanoscience Award for Young Scientists from the Ministry of Science

2003

Early Career Award of the German Chemical Industry (VCI)

2002

Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Prize of the German Science Foundation (DFG)

2001

Reimund-Stadler-Prize of GdCh-Division Macromolecular Chemistry

2000

ADUC-Habilitation-Award of the German Chemical Society (GDCh)

1997

Selected Member of the Study Foundation of the German People

Activities (selected)

Since 2021

Spokesperson of the DFG-funded International Research Training Group “Charging into the Future“ (IRTG 2662)

Since 2021

Spokesperson of the DFG-funded Collaborative Research Center “Dynamic Hydrogels at Biointerfaces“ (CRC 1449)

Since 2017

International Advisory Board of the Journal “Angewandte Chemie”

Since 2015

Spokesperson of the Research Building “Supramolecular Functional Architectures at Biointerfaces“ (SupraFAB) at Freie Universität Berlin

Since 2015

Editorial Advisory Board of ACS Central Science and Biomacromolecules

Since 2013

Steering Committee of the Helmholtz Graduate School “MacroBio”

Since 2012

FU-Spokesperson of Helmholtz Virtual Institute “Multifunctional Biomaterials for Medicine“ (VI-423)

Since 2009

Spokesperson of Focus Area “Nanoscale“, Freie Universität Berlin

2008-2019

Spokesperson of the DFG-funded Collaborative Research Center “Multivalency as Chemical Organization and Action Principle“ (CRC 765)

Since 2008

Member of the Excellence Council of the Freie Universität Berlin

Publications (selected from >590 peer Reviewed Publications)

1.

C. Nie, P. Pouyan, D. Lauster, J. Trimpert, Y. Kerkhoff, G. P. Szekeres, M. Wallert, S. Block, A. K. Sahoo, J. Dernedde, K. Pagel, B. B. Kaufer, R. R. Netz, M. Ballauff, R. Haag, Polysulfates block SARS-CoV-2 uptake via electrostatic interactions. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021;60:15870.

2.

C. Nie, M. Stadtmüller, B. Parshad, M. Wallert, Y. Kerkhoff, S. Bhatia, S. Block, C. Cheng, T. Wolff, R. Haag, Heteromultivalent topology-matched nanostructures as potent and broad-spectrum influenza A virus inhibitors. Sci. Adv. 2021;7:eabd3803.

3.

X. Fan, F. Yang, C. Nie, L. Ma, C. Cheng, R. Haag, Biocatalytic Nanomaterials: A New Pathway for Bacterial Disinfection Adv. Mater. 2021;33:2100637.

4.

C. Nie, B. Parshad, S. Bhatia, C. Cheng, M. Stadtmüller, A. Oehrl, Y. Kerkhoff, T. Wolff, R. Haag, Reverse design of an influenza neutralizing spiky nano-inhibitor with a dual mode of action. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020:59, 15532.

5.

S. Bhatia, M. Hilsch, J. L. Cuellar Camacho, K. Ludwig, C. Nie, B. Parshad, M. Wallert, S. Block, D. Lauster, C. Böttcher, A. Herrmann, R. Haag, Adaptive flexible sialylated nanogels as highly potent influenza A virus inhibitors. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020; 59:12417.

6.

M. S. Chowdhury, W. Zheng, S. Kumari, J. Heyman, X. Zhang, P. Dey, D. Weitz, R. Haag, Dendronized fluorosurfactant for highly stable water-in-fluorinated oil emulsions with minimal inter-droplet transfer of small molecules. Nat. Commun. 2019;10:4546.

7.

C. Cheng, S. Li, A. Thomas, R. Haag, et al. Water-Processable and Bioactive Graphene Nano-Ink for Flexible Bio-Electronics. Adv. Mater. 2018;30:1705452..

8.

Z. Qi, P. Bharate, C.H. Lai, B. Ziem, C. Böttcher, A. Schulz, F. Beckert, B. Hatting, R. Mulhaupt, P.H. Seeberger, R. Haag. Multivalency at Interfaces: Supramolecular Carbohydrate-Functionalized Graphene Derivatives for Bacterial Capture, Release, and Disinfection. Nano Lett. 2015;15:6051.

9.

J. Vonnemann, S. Liese, C. Kuehne, K. Ludwig, J. Dernedde, C. Böttcher, R.R. Netz, R. Haag. Size Dependence of Steric Shielding and Multivalency Effects for Globular Binding Inhibitors. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015;137:2572.

10.

Q. Wei, T. Becherer, P.-L. M. Noeske, I. Grunwald, R. Haag. A Universal Approach to Crosslinked Hierarchical Polymer Multilayers as Stable and Highly Efficient Antifouling Coatings. Adv. Mater. 2014;26:2688.