2022 – … professor emerita at Institute for Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, SDU, Odense, Denmark and DESY Visiting Researcher, Photon Science, DESY, Hamburg, Germany.
2002 associate professor at Physics Department at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark (now: Institute for Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, SDU; permanent faculty staff).
2001 senior scientist at Physics Department, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
1992 assistant professor in the Physics Department at Free University Berlin, Germany.
1988 post-doc at the Physics Department at Free University Berlin, Germany.
1985 post-doc at Institute of Physical Chemistry at RWTH Aachen, Germany.
Education
1985 dr.rer.nat. RWTH Aachen, Faculty of Sciences, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Department of Physical Chemistry of Biopolymers. Thesis title: “Schnelle Permeation durch Erythrozythenmembranen”.
1981 German diploma in physics (dipl. phys.): Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH Aachen). Thesis title: “Transparente Keramik: Untersuchung yum physikalischen Verhalten und zur Eignung als elektro-optischer Verschluss im ophtalmologischen Diagnosebereich”, Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen.
Research interests
Biophysics: self-assembling systems
Biophysical Chemistry / Physical Chemistry
Structure and Dynamics in Soft Biomimetic Films / Membranes
Interfacial Interactions / Surface Physics: Wetting and Adhesion
Partitioning / Solubility
Responsive Systems / Molecular Switches
Small Interfacially Bio-Active Molecules: food ingredients / antibiotic molecules
