Prof. Dr. Katja Loos

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsPreparative and Physical Chemistry of Polymers,Biochemistry
KeywordsBiocatalysis, Biopolymers, Enzymatic Polymerization, Proteins at interfaces, Polysaccharides

Current contact address

CountryNetherlands
CityGroningen
InstitutionUniversity of Groningen
InstituteZernike Institute for Advanced Materials
Homepagewww.rug.nl/zernike/loos

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Abraham UlmanDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Brooklyn
Prof. Dr. Volker AbetzInstitut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2001

Programme(s)

2001Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship Programme
2019Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Loos pioneered the field of enzymatic polymerizations, especially the biocatalytic synthesis of polysaccharides and polyamides and introduced complete green polymerization routes by using sustainable monomers. Another field of expertise to which Professor Loos has made a tremendous contribution is polyvinylidene difluorides containing electroactive block copolymers for energy creating and energy storage devices. In Germany she will focus on the development of new membrane materials based on biobased polymers and novel antifouling strategies taking advantage of electroactive polymers

Publications (partial selection)

2004Gupta P, Loos K, Korniakov A, Spagnoli C, Cowman M, Ulman A: Facile route to ultraflat SAM-protected gold surfaces by 'amphiphile splitting'. In: ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 2004, 520-523
2003Ansil Dyal, Katja Loos, Mayumi Noto, Seung W. Chang, Chiara Spagnoli, Kurikka V.P.M. Shafi, Abraham Ulman, Mary Cowman, and Richard A. Gross: Activity of Candida rugosa Lipase Immobilized on gamma-Fe2O3 Magnetic Nanoparticles. In: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 1684-1685
2003J. Lai, K.V.P.M. Shafi, K. Loos,A.Ulman, Y. Lee, T. Vogt,C. Estournes: Doping gamma-Fe2O3 Nanoparticles with Mn(III) Suppresses the Transition to the alpha-Fe2O3 Structure . In: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 11470-11471
2003Chiara Spagnolli, Katja Loos, Abraham Ulman, and Mary K. Cowman: Imaging Structured Water and Bound Polysaccharide on Mica Surface at Ambient Temperature. In: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 7124-7128