Jun.-Prof. Dr. Anna Schenk
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Anna Schenk
Chair of Physical Chemistry
University of Bayreuth | KeyLab coordinator
Job History
| since 01/2017 | Juniorprofessor for Colloidal Systems Physical Chemistry, University of Bayreuth |
| 11/2013 – 12/2016 | Postdoctoral Fellow (Carl Zeiss Foundation) |
| 02/2011 – 10/2013 | Postdoctoral Research Assistant |
Education
| 10/2007 – 01/2011 | PhD in Physical Chemistry Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (Department of Biomaterials) under the supervision of Prof. P. Fratzl and Prof. M. Antonietti |
| 10/2005 – 08/2007 | M.Sc. in Chemistry University of Leipzig |
| 02/2006 – 06/2006 | Semester abroad at the University of Uppsala Sweden (Erasmus Programme) |
| 10/2002 – 07/2005 | B. Sc. in Chemistry University of Leipzig |
Awards and other responsibilities
| 2021 | Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize |
| 2019 | Scholar of the Young Academy of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BAdW) |
| 2015 | Postdoctoral stipend from the Carl Zeiss Foundation |
| 2015 | Best poster award, Summerschool NanoBioMater, Bad Herrenalb |
| 2015 | Invited participant of the Japanese-German Frontiers of Science Symposium in Kyoto, Japan (Humboldt Foundation) |
| 2008 –2010 | Scholarship from the Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Foundation |
| 2003 – 2007 | Stipend from the “Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft” (Foundation of German Business) for undergraduate students |
Chair of Physical Chemistry
University of Bayreuth | KeyLab coordinator
The research activities of the group are focused on the development of bio-inspired synthetic routes toward functional materials, in particular transition metal oxides. The formation of complex structures is achieved via controlled mineral deposition directed by organic additives and templates in bulk or in confined reaction environments. By combining a range of imaging and scattering techniques, we perform multiscale structural analyses of biogenic and bio-inspired hybrid materials with a particular focus on the nature of nanoscale internal interfaces. In view of potential applications, the synthetically generated nano-, meso-, and microstructures are correlated with the electrocatalytic performance of the materials.
- Bio-inspired synthetic strategies towards mesostructured functional materials
Polymer/inorganic nanocomposites | nanoparticle synthesis | nanostructures | (bio-) template-directed mineralization| particle-based crystallization mechanisms | transition metal oxides with spinel structure - Structural characterization of biogenic and bio-inspired hybrid materials
Biominerals | hierarchical structures | nanoscale interfaces | intracrystalline occlusions | (synchrotron) x-ray small- and wide-angle scattering | electron microscopy - Structure-property relationships in mesostructured transition metal oxides
Electrocatalysis | electrochemical deposition of inorganic materials
Chair of Physical Chemistry
University of Bayreuth | KeyLab coordinator
Recombinant Major Ampullate Spidroin-Particles as Biotemplates for Manganese Carbonate Mineralization,
Neubauer, V. J.; Kellner, C.; Grün, V.; Schenk, A. S.; Scheibel, T.
Multifunctional Materials 2021, 4, 014002
Towards standardized purification of bacterial magnetic nanoparticles for future in vivo applications
Rosenfeldt, S.; Mickoleit, F.; Jörke, C.; Clement, J. H.; Markert, S.; Jérôme, V.; Schwarzinger, S.; Freitag, R.; Schüler, D.; Uebe, R.; Schenk, A. S.
Acta Biomaterialia 2021, 120, 293-303.
Hierarchically Structured Spherulitic Cobalt Hydroxide Carbonate as a Precursor to Ordered Nanostructures of Electrocatalytically Active Co3O4,
Schenk, A. S.; Goll, M.; Reith, L.; Roussel, M.; Blaschkowski, B.; Rosenfeldt, S.; Yin, X.; Schmahl, W. W.; Ludwigs, S.
Crystal Growth & Design 2020, 20 (10), 6407-6420.
SAXS as an online tool to investigate arrangement and nanostructure of bacterial magnetosomes in Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense
Rosenfeldt, S.; Mickoleit, F.; Riese, C.; Völkl, M.; Schüler, D.; Schenk, A. S.
Applied Environmental Microbiology 2019, 85 (24), e01513- e0151319.
Virus-directed formation of electrocatalytically active nanoparticle-based Co3O4 tubes
Schenk, A. S.; Eiben, S.; Goll, M.; Reith, L.; Kulak, A. N.; Meldrum, F. C. ; Wege, C.; Jeske, H.; Ludwigs, S.
Nanoscale 2017
Three-dimensional Visualization of Dislocation Dynamics During Crystal Growth and Dissolution
Clark, J. N.; Ihli, J.; Schenk, A. S.; Yi-Yeoun, K.; Kulak, A. N.; Campbell, J. M.; Nesbit, G.; Meldrum, F. C.; Robinson, I. K.
Nature Materials 2015, 14 (8), 780-784
A Critical Analysis of Calcium Carbonate Mesocrystals
Yi-Yeoun, K.; Schenk, A. S.; Ihli, J.; Kulak, A. N.; Hetherington, N. B. J.; Tang, C. C.; Schmahl, W.; Griesshaber, E.; Hyett, G.; Meldrum, F. C.
Nature Communications 2014, 5:4341, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5341.
Confinement Stabilises Single Crystal Vaterite Rods
Schenk, A. S.; Albarracin, E. J.; Yi-Yeoun, K.; Ihli, J.; Meldrum, F. C.
Chemical Communications 2014, 50 (36), 4729-4732
Systematic Study of the Effects of Polyamines on Calcium Carbonate Precipitation
Schenk, A. S.; Cantaert, B.; Yi-Yeoun, K.; Li, Y.; Read, E. S.; Semsarilar, M.; Armes, S. P.; Meldrum, F. C.
Chemistry of Materials 2014, 26 (8), 2703-2711
Hierarchical Calcite Crystals with Occlusions of a Simple Polyelectrolyte Mimic Complex Biomineral Structures
Schenk, A. S.; Zlotnikov, I.; Pokroy, B.; Gierlinger, N.; Masic, A.; Zaslansky, P.; Fitch, A. N.; Paris, O.; Metzger, T. H.; Cölfen, H.; Fratzl, P.; Aichmayer, B.
Advanced Functional Materials 2012, 22 (22), 4668-4676
Chair of Physical Chemistry
University of Bayreuth | KeyLab coordinator
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Anna Schenk
University of Bayreuth
KeyLab coordinator
Physical Chemistry
University of Bayreuth
95447 Bayreuth
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-3915
E-mail: anna.schenk@uni-bayreuth.de
Homepage: Colloidal Systems