Dr. Marina Pigaleva
Junior Research Group Leader
Freie Universität Berlin
Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Physical Chemistry
Arnimallee 22
Room A.131
D-14195 Berlin
Research Experience
| Since 06/2024 |
Leader of the Junior Research Group at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. Molecular patterns and interactions in mucus-like hydrogel systems elucidated by EPR spectroscopy. Pepsin stability and activity in water, saturated with CO2 under high pressure. |
| 01/2023-06/2024 |
Post doctoral research associate in the lab of Prof. Dr. T. Risse, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. On the impact of polyelectrolyte binding on protein structure using EPR spectroscopy: HMGB1 interacting with natural and synthetic polyanions as an exploratory example |
| 01/2016-12/2022 |
Independent project leader, associated to the lab of Prof. Dr. M. O. Gallyamov, Physics Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia. Development of chitosan composites with embedded drugs and the pluronic block copolymer in biocompatible and self-neutralizing media containing high pressure CO2. New "green" chemistry biopolymer materials for medical use based on bacterial cellulose: production, structure and antibacterial properties. Formation patterns of composite chitosan gels with metallic nanoparticles in carbonic acid solutions under high pressure. |
| 03/2013-12/2015 |
PhD student in the lab of Prof. Dr. M. O. Gallyamov („Soft Matter and Biophysics“), Physics Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia. Features of the cationic copolymers organization in solutions of carbonic acid and the creation of composites with metallic nanoparticles based on them. |