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Prof. Dr. Stephan Block

W2 Heisenberg Professor for Biophysical Chemistry

Stephan Block

Freie Universität Berlin

Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Physical Chemistry

Head of Heisenberg Group "Bionanointerfaces"

Address

Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Arnimallee 22
Room A.127
D-14195 Berlin

Telephone

+49 30 838 60071

Fax

+49 30 838 460071

Email

stephan.block@fu-berlin.de

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Research Experience (download vita as PDF file)

Since 7/2024	W2 Heisenberg Professor for Biophysical Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. Quantifying the action of single macromolecules and macromolecular complexes using optical and atomic force microscopy.
3/2016-6/2024	Leader of the Junior Research Group “Bionanointerfaces” at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. Funded by the Emmy Noether Programme of the German Research Foundation (11.2017-12.2023). Quantification of multivalent virus-receptor interactions and their modification by addition of virus binding inhibitors. Development of new biophysical approaches, offering high data throughput and/or single-molecule resolution.
08/2013-02/2016	Post doctoral research associate in the lab of Prof. Dr. F. Höök („Biological Physics“), Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden. Application of single particle tracking, nanoplasmonically enhanced fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, and microfluidics to quantify multivalent interactions
09/2011-07/2013	Post doctoral research associate in the lab of Dr. M. Delcea („Nanostructure Group“), ZIK HIKE, University Medicine Greifswald, Germany. Biophysical characterization of proteins, protein complexes, and cells to study molecular fundamentals of autoimmune diseases.
07/2010-08/2011	Independent project leader, associated to the lab of Prof. Dr. C. A. Helm („Soft Matter and Biophysics“), Institute of Physics, University of Greifswald, Germany. Development of a novel AFM approach at allows magnetic properties of single superparamagnetic nanoparticles to be quantified on the nm-scale.
08/2005-06/2010	PhD student in the lab of Prof. Dr. C. A. Helm („Soft Matter and Biophysics“), Institute of Physics, University of Greifswald, Germany. Development of AFM approaches to determine the conformation of physisorbed polyelectrolytes from the measurement of surface forces.