Welcome to our research group!
Group Photo March 2024
Congratulations to Philipp Weingarten and Molly Tzu-Yu Lin for winning the WIley poster prize at Macromolecular Colloquium Freiburg 2024 (MAKRO24)!
MAKRO 2024
Group Photo May 2023
Greetings from Macromolecular Colloquium Freiburg 2023!
MAKRO 2023
Greetings from Bordeaux Polymer Conference 2022!
BPC 2022
Field of Research
Our group "Precision Polymers for Pharmaceutics" is located at the interface of polymer chemistry and nanomedicine. We are focusing on the design of innovative drug delivery systems using sustainable and innovative materials. These systems are based on intelligent, bio-based or biodegradable polymers that are synthesized using sophisticated polymerization techniques. These techniques include radical systems and metal-organic based catalysts. We develop tailor-made and advanced catalysts and monomers to meet the special needs for each specific drug delivery application.
Our research topics include:
- Living-type polymerizations
- Block copolymerizations
- Catalyst and Initiator design
- Post-polymerization functionalization
- Polymer analysis
- Drug and nucleic acid encapsulation
- Formulation development
- In vitro evaluation of nanoparticles
We are a Joint Research Group with the Schnichels Lab at the Eye Hospital Tübingen/University of Tübingen.
Excellence Strategy
Our group is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science as part of the Excellence Strategy of the German Federal and State Governments.
Junior Research Groups at University of Tübingen funded by the Excellence Strategy
Open positions
PhD Student
Our group is seeking a talented and motivated employee who works in the field of chemistry and life science on polymer-based drug delivery systems.
Bachelor and Master students
We are always looking for motivated new team members who are interested in science and our research topics. If you are interested in performing a Bachelor or Master thesis or an intership in the fields of polymerization catalysis, material science, nanomedicine or related research are welcome to get in touch with us.
