Sabine Ludwigs

           2020   Funding for the establishment of an independent Junior Research

                     Group with Prof. Dr. Lunter, University of Tübingen,

                      Excellence Strategy at the University of Tübingen

          2016    Invited Professorship, Ecole Polytechnique, LabEx CHARMMMAT,

                      Paris

 2008-2018    Emmy Noether Group of the DFG

 2007-2011    Invited Professorship, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg

 2008-2011     Junior Fellow in the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), 

                       Excellence Initiative of the University of Freiburg

 2008-2010     Elite stipend of the Baden-Württemberg-Foundation

2006+2010     Awards for excellent research work, Otto-Röhm-Gedächtnisstiftung

          2009     Eugen-Graetz Award for excellent research, University of Freiburg

          2002     Award of the Otto-Warburg-Chemiestiftung

- Co-Speaker of new Cluster initiative “Bionic Intelligence for Health”, University of Stuttgart and University of Tübingen, since 2023

- Speaker of the Center of Bionic Intelligence Tübingen Stuttgart (BITS), together with Prof. Syn Schmitt and Prof. Martin Giese; https://www.bionic-intelligence.org/ , since 2023

- Co-Speaker of Research Training Group GRK2948 “Mixed Ionic-Electronic Transport”, since October 2023

- Faculty of the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Intelligent Systems, since January 2023; https://imprs.is.mpg.de/

- Member of SC SimTech, since November 2022; https://www.simtech.uni-stuttgart.de/FSM/

- Associate Member of SC SimTech, Universität Stuttgart, since November 2022

- Board Member of the IMPRS-CMS, Stuttgart, since 2022

- Member of the Advisory Board of the GRK2670 – BEAM, University of Halle, since 2022

- Executive Board of the GDCh Division of Macromolecular Chemistry from 2021 to 2024.

- Editorial Advisory Board Member of JACS Au; since January 2021

- Co-organization of ACS PMSE Meeting „100 Years of Polymer Structures: Active Materials for Thin Films & Interfaces”, Philadelphia, March 2020

- Associate Editor of Macromolecules, ACS; since January 2020

- Member of the Curatorium of the Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF) in Freiburg; since 2019

- Board of Directors of the NSERC – Green Electronics Network (GReEN) in Canada, which is headed by Prof. Mario Leclerc (Université Laval); since 2019

- Member of the International Advisory Board of Macromolecular Rapid Communications & Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, Wiley

- Executive Director of the Institute of Polymer Chemistry, interexchange with Prof. Buchmeiser every 2 years

- Member of the Curatorium at the Institute of Microelectronics (IMS Chips), Stuttgart

- Deputy head of the “Deutscher Hochschulverband”, Stuttgart

- Board member of the Vereinigung von Freunden der Universität Stuttgart e.V.

- Member of the Leading Committee of the research project ‘Nanobiomater’ funded by the Zeiss-Foundation

- Member of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker GdCH

- Head of the board of examiners for bachelor and master students in chemistry (2013 – 2018)

- Member of the committee for admission of chemistry students; University of Stuttgart

- Member of several review boards for professorships & grants

>75 Invited Lectures at International Conferences

04/2025
MRS Spring Meeting in Seattle, Washington:
Invited

03/2025
BEAM Conference: Beyond Amphiphilicity - Self-Organization of Soft Matter via Multiple Noncovalent Interactions; Halle: Plenary

02/2025
Makromolekulares Kolloquium Freiburg: Plenary

01/2025
Chalmers University of Technology, winter school in Sweden, Hällsnäs:
Invited

11/2024
Journées du GDR-OERA (Organic Electronics for the New Era); Artificial Intelligence in Organic Electronics, Strasbourg:
“From Intelligent Polymers to Soft Robotics Applications", Invited

10/2024
Science Notes “Bionik”, Stuttgart: „Clevere Kunststoffe für Bionische Intelligenz“,Invited

09/2024
GDCh Makro 2024, Dresden:
“Adaptive Mixed Conducting Polymer Films for Opto-electronic and Switchable Devices", Invited

06/2024
EuroEAP 2024 – Twelfth international conference on Soft Transducers and Electromechanically Active Polymers, Stuttgart:
“From Multifunctional Polymer Materials Design to Soft Robotics Applications", Invited

06/2024
26^th International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Electronic Materials (ICSM 2024), Dresden:
“Adaptive Mixed Conducting Polymer Films for Organic Electronics and Soft Robotics”, Invited

05/2024
E-MRS Spring Meeting, Strasbourg:
“Electrochemical Doping of Mixed Conducting Polymer Films for Optoelectronics and Switchable Devices", Invited

04/2024
Symposium on Photoconversion in Organic and Hybrid Semiconductors, Imperial College London:
“Adaptive Semiconducting Polymer Films for Optoelectronics and Switchable Devices”, Invited

04/2024
SPIE "Women in Renewable Energy (WiRE) 2024", SPIE Photonics Europe, Strasbourg:
“Mixed ionic-electronic transport in conducting polymers for actuating devices”, Invited

03/2024
ACS Spring Meeting, New Orleans:
“Adaptive Mixed Conducting Polymer Films for Switchable Devices”, Invited

11/2023
Bordeaux Polymers Seminars: “Adaptive Mixed Conducting Polymer Materials”, Invited

11/2023
ICMAB Seminar Series, Barcelona: “Adaptive Mixed Conducting Polymer Materials”, Invited

10/2023
MATSUS Fall 2023, Torremolinos:
“Adaptive Mixed Conducting Polymer Films for Switchable Devices”, Invited

08/2023
Seminar Series of the FSM (Functional Soft Materials) Lab, Stuttgart:
“Intelligent Polymer Materials as Actuators and Sensors for Soft Robotic Applications”

06/2023
PI of the Month @ IMPRS-CMS, MPI Stuttgart:
“Adaptive Mixed Conducting Polymer Materials for Actuating Devices”, Invited

06/2023
LOE (Laboratory of Organic Electronics) Seminar Series, Norrköping:
“Adaptive Mixed Conducting Polymer Materials”, Invited

03/2023
General Assembly of SPP2100, Dresden:
“Intelligent Polymer Materials as Actuators and Sensors for Soft Robotic Applications”, Invited

03/2023
DPG Spring Meeting, Dresden:
“Humidity & Electrochemical Switching of Mixed Conducting Polymer Films”

03/2023
General Assembly of SPP2171, Münster:  
“Adaptive Mixed Conducting Polymer Surfaces”, Invited

10/2022
Telluride Workshop on Organic Mixed Conductors, 
“Multifunctional Mixed Conducting Polymer Films for Intelligent Devices”, Invited

06/2022
Bordeaux Polymer Conference,
“Humidity & Electrochemical Switching of Mixed Conducting Polymer Films”, Invited

06/2022
IPOE 2022 (Interface Properties in Organic and Hybrid Electronics – Perspectives & Key Challenges), Malaga:
“From Conducting Polymer Films towards Intelligent Switchable Devices”, Invited

06/2022
SFB-1249 Symposium on Materials for Organic Electronics, Heidelberg:
“Humidity & Electrochemical Switching of Mixed Conducting Polymer Films”, Invited 

05/2022
ICRA Workshop on Leveraging Advancements in Smart Materials Science - Soft Robots Gaining New Abilities through Smart and Functional Materials (IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation),                                         “Bioinspired Multifunctional Polymer Films for Actuating Devices”, Invited

04/2022
ICON-NSLE Conference (Nanotechnology for Sustainable Living and Environment), “From Conducting Polymer Films towards Intelligent Switchable Devices”, Keynote

03/2022
nanoGe Spring Meeting 2022:
“Electrochemical Switching of Mixed Conducting Polymer Films”, Invited

04/2021
MRS Spring Meeting:
“Controlled Crystallization & Electrochemical Doping Strategies of Films based on the two Work-Horses P3HT & P(NDI2OD-T2)”, Invited

03/2021
NanoGe Symposium, online
“Bioinspired mixed conducting polymer films for actuators”, Invited

03/2020
ACS Spring Meeting, Philadelphia, USA:
“Bioinspired multifunctional polymer films for electrochemical devices”, Invited

02/2020
Makromolekulares Kolloquium, Freiburg:
“Bioinspired multiresponsive polymer films”, Invited

12/2019
MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, USA:
“Liquid-crystalline and / or semi-crystalline - Understanding structure-function relationships in n-type copolymer films ”, Invited

11/2019
48^th Colloquium of GFP, Mulhouse, F:
“Bioinspired multifunctional polymer films for polymer electronics applications”, Plenary Talk

09/2019
International Symposium on Future Optics, PhoenixD, Hannover:
“Bioinspired multifunctional polymer films for polymer electronics applications”, Plenary Talk

05/2019
GREEN Electronics Meeting, Montreal, Canada:
“Controlled manipulation of polymer materials & films for electronic & energy storage applications”, Invited

04/2019
MRS Spring Meeting, Phoenix, USA:
“Controlled crystallization strategies for organic electronic applications”, Invited

12/2018
MRS Fall Meeting,Symposium Bioelectronics, Boston, USA:
“Mixed conductivity in conducting polymer films”, Invited
 
03/2018
MRS Spring Meeting, Phoenix, USA:
“Doping of conducting polymer films for electronic and electrochemical applications”, Invited
 
10/2017
SPIC 2017, Limoges, France:
“Manipulation des Films de Polymères Conducteurs pour des Applications Electroniques et Electrochimiques”, Plenary Talk
 
09/2017
Ferienakademie Sarntal, Südtirol, Italy:
“Polymere und Polymere Elektronik”, Invited Guest Lecturer
 
08/2017
Stuttgart Workshop of Thermoelectrics:
“Doping of conjugated polymer films for flexible thermoelectrics”, Invited
 
06/2017
ECHEMS 2017, Milano Marittima, Italy: 
“Conducting polymers with different architectures: Advanced electrochemistry for organic electronics”, Plenary Talk
 
03/2017
SFB-Kolloquium SFB 1176, Trifels:
“Manipulation of functional polymers on the molecular and mesoscopic scale”, Invited
 
03/2017
DPG Meeting, Dresden:
“Controlled crystallization of n-type semiconducting polymer thin films”, Invited
 
02/2017
Macromolecular Symposium Freiburg: 
“Doping of conjugated polymer films for flexible electronics”, Invited
 
12/2016
MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, USA: 
“Controlled crystallization of conjugated polymer films for organic electronic devices”, Invited
 
10/2016
International School on Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage, Stuttgart: 
“Nanostructured conducting polymer films for energy applications”, Invited
 
10/2016
Days of ITODYS, Paris, France: 
“Manipulation of polymer thin films for organic electronics and electrochemical devices”, Invited
 
07/2016
ISFOE, Thessaloniki, Greece: 
“Controlled crystallization of polymer thin films for opto-electronic applications”, Invited
 
06/2016
Organic Electronics: Recent Developments and Challenges (OE2016), Stuttgart:
“Controlled crystallization of polymer thin films for opto-electronic applications”, Invited
 
06/2015
European Polymer Congress, Dresden:
“Controlled crystallization of semicrystalline polymer thin films & its impact on optical & electrical properties”, Keynote Lecture
 
06/2015
WEEM-2015, Bad Herrenalb:
Peter Reinold: “Chemical and electrochemical synthesis and functionalization of branched polythiophenes”, Invited
 
05/2015
EMRS 2015 Spring Meeting Lille, France:
“Controlled crystallization of donor-acceptor copolymer thin films”
 
03/2015
42nd German Liquid Crystal Conference, Stuttgart:
Daniel Trefz: “Controlled crystallization and electron transport anisotropy in thin P(NDI2OD-T2) films”

09/2014
GdCH-Electrochemistry, Mainz:
Miriam Goll: “Electrochemical synthesis & spectroscopical studies of EDOT containing conducting copolymer & blend films”
 
07/2014
ISFOE 2014, Thessaloniki, Greece:
“How to force semiconducting polymers into order", Invited

Justus Back: “Towards functional supramolecular structures of conjugated polymers by self assembly of rod-coil & rod-rod block copolymers” Dr. Adrian Ruff: “Electrochemical determination of LUMO energy levels of acceptor materials for organic solar cells”
 
07/2014
12th International Symposium on Functional π-Electrons, Turku, Finland:
“How to force semiconducting polymers into order”, Invited
 
06/2014
European Approaches to Bioinspired Materials, Leeds, UK:
“How to force semiconducting polymers into order", Invited

Dr. Anna Schenk: “Bio-inspired routes towards nanoporous Co3O4”
 
06/2014
ECHEMS 2014, Bath, UK:
Miriam Goll: “Electrochemical synthesis & spectroscopical studies of EDOT containing conducting copolymer & blend films”

05/2014
Bunsentagung, Hamburg:
Dr. Adrian Ruff: “Electrodeposited EDOT containing 3D copolymers based on a terthiophene branching unit”

04/2014
MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, USA:
Florian Fischer: “Large scale orientation by crystallizing PCPDTBT under confinement”
 
03/2014
DPG-Spring Meeting, Dresden:
“Controlled crystallization of semiconducting polymers”, Invited
 
02/2014
Makromolekulares Kolloquium, Freiburg:
“How to force semiconducting polymers into order”, Invited
 
12/ 2013
MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, USA:
Florian Fischer: “Influence of processing solvents and additives on PCPDTBT morphology and optical properties in the neutral and charged states”
 
09/ 2013
DPG Physics School on Innovative Concepts in Photovoltaics, Bad Honnef: 
“Controlled crystallization of semiconducting polymers”, Invited
 
07/2013
NANOTEXNOLOGY 2013, Thessaloniki, Greece:
“Anisotropic charge transport in semicrystalline polymer thin films”, Invited
 
06/2013
International Symposium on Flexible Electronics, Erlangen:
“Anisotropic charge transport in semiconducting polymers”, Invited
 
06/2013
11th International Symposium on Functional π-Electron Systems, Arcachon, France:
“Anisotropic charge transport in semiconducting polymers”, Invited

11/2012
10th IPF Colloquium, Dresden:
“Anisotropic charge transport in semiconducting polymers”, Invited

09/ 2012
International Ringberg Symposium, Rottach-Egern:
“Optoelectronic polymer nanohybrid materials“, Invited
 
09/2012
15th International Conference „Polymeric Materials“, Halle:
“Controlled crystallization of semiconducting polymers”, Invited
 
06/2012
NANOTEXNOLOGY 2012, Thessaloniki, Greece:
“Controlled crystallization of semiconducting polymer thin films: from molecular scale to macroscopic order”, Invited
 
05/2012
DFG-Sino-German Workshop, Shanghai, China: 
„Optoelectronic polymer nanohybrid materials”, Invited
 
05/2012
E-MRS Spring Meeting, Strasbourg, France:
„Controlled crystallization of P3HT thin films”
 
10/2011
Future challenges of advanced functional polymers for the emerging technologies, Bordeaux, France:
„Nanostructuring of semiconducting polymer materials“, Invited
 
09/2011
DFG-First German-Russian Week of the Young Researcher, Kazan, Russia:
„From functional polymers towards organic solar cells”, Invited
 
06/2011
The 24th International Symposium on Polymer Analysis and Characterization ISPAC, Torino, Italy:
„Controlled crystallization in semiconducting polymer thin films”, Invited
 
11/2010
MRS-Fall Meeting, Boston, USA:
„From linear & branched polythiophenes towards optoelectronics”, Invited
 
11/2010
Japanese-German Frontiers of Science Symposium (JAGFOS), Potsdam:
„From block copolymer films towards organic solar cells”, Invited
 
10/2010
Polydays 2010, Berlin:
„Hyperbranched polythiophenes”, Invited
 
07/2010
FRIAS-Tagung Soft Matter, Saig/Titisee:
„Hierarchical soft-lithographic patterning of polymers“, Invited
 
04/2010
MRS-Spring Meeting, San Francisco, USA:
“Block copolymer templates for optoelectronic applications: synthesis, optoelectronic properties and morphology of soft-etchable hole-conducting block copolymers”

T. Richter: “Room temperature vacuum-induced ligand removal and patterning of ZnO nano-particles: from semiconducting films towards printed electronics”
 
04/2010
From the Witches‘ Cauldrons of Materials Science, Goslar:
“Block copolymer templates for organic solar cells“, Invited
 
03/2010
Bunsen Discussion Meeting, Stuttgart, Germany:
“Block copolymer templates for optoelectronic applications: Synthesis, optoelectronic properties and morphology of soft-etchable hole-conducting block copolymers”
 
03/2010
Dresden Spring School – DFG-SPP-1355, Germany:
“Hybrid solar cells”, Invited
 
09/09
Bayreuther Polymer Symposium:
“From linear and branched polythiophenes towards optoelectronic applications”, Invited
 
06/09
ECHEMS-Meeting, Weingarten: 
“Electrochemical characterization of electroactive polymers with potential applications in organic solar cells”
 
03/09
DPG Meeting, Dresden: 
“Characterization of electroactive polymers and block copolymers with potential application in organic solar cells“
 
02/09
Macromolecular Symposium, Freiburg:                                                                                                          ”From nanostructured block copolymer templates towards hybrid solar cells“
 
10/08
GdCH-Conference “Electrochemistry – Crossing Boundaries”, Gießen:
“Electrochemical characterization of electroactive polymers with potential applications in organic solar cells”
 
10/08
FMF-Colloquium, Hornberg:
“Templating with functional block copolymer films – potential applications in organic solar cells”
 
09/08
German-Korean Polymer Symposium, Busan, Korea: 
“Nanostructured block copolymer films as templates for the preparation of optoelectronic devices”, Invited
 
06/08
EUPOC – Europolymer Conference, Gargnano: 
“From nanostructured block copolymer films towards organic solar cells”