Scientific Career

Prof. Dr. S. Seiffert

Since 04/2016 Full Professor for Physical Chemistry of Polymers, JGU Mainz
• Research - Supramolecular Polymer Networks and Gels
- Nanostructural Heterogeneity in Sensitive Polymer Gels
- Smart Microgel Capsules
- Droplet-Based Microfluidics, Light Scattering
• Teaching - Polymer Physical Chemistry
- Basic and Advanced Physical Chemistry
04/201403/2016 Associate Professor for Supramolecular Polymer Materials, FU Berlin and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin
• Research - Physical Chemistry of Supramolecular Polymer Networks
- Nanostructural Heterogeneity in Sensitive Polymer Gels
- Smart Microgel Capsules
- X-Ray and Neutron Scattering in Microfluidics
• Teaching - Polymer Chemistry
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Polymer Physics
- Physical and Organic Chemistry (basic and advanced)
10/2013 Habilitation in Polymer Science, FU Berlin
• Thesis "Sensitive Microgels as Model Colloids and Functional Materials"
01/201103/2014 Research Group Leader, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and FU Berlin
• Liebig Fellow of the Fund of the Chemical Industry
• Research on Supramolecular and Sensitive Polymer Networks
Teaching - Physical Chemistry of Polymers
- Soft Matter
- Photochemistry
- Methods in Polymer Synthesis
- Physical Organic Chemistry
- Physical Chemistry for Teachers
01/2009–12/2010 Postdoc with D. A. Weitz, Harvard University

Research Fellow of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Research on Smart Polymer Microgels

01/2008–12/2008 Lecturer at Clausthal University of Technology

• Teaching on Structure and Dynamics in Polymer Systems

12/2007 PhD Degree, Clausthal University of Technology

Thesis "Structure and Tracer Dynamics in Polyacrylamide Gels"

08/2004–12/2007 PhD Student with W. Oppermann, Clausthal University of Technology

• Research on Structure and Dynamics in Polymer Hydrogels

07/2004 Diploma in Chemistry, Clausthal University of Technology

Thesis "Diffusion of Linear pAAm Chains in Semidilute Systems"

Intermediate Diploma in Chemistry, Clausthal University of Technology
10/2001
10/1999–07/2004 Study of Chemistry at Clausthal University of Technology