Prof. Dr. Linus Stegbauer is currently a principal investigator at the Institute of Nanoscale and Biobased Materials at the Technische University Bergakademie Freiberg.
He is interested in the synthesis and chemistry of biomineral inspired nanocomposite materials based on biopolymers and inorganic components to serve as mechanically robust structural materials. His interests focus on how inorganic matter interacts with biopolymers in bulk systems and how this affects the mechanical properties at the nano-, micro-, and macro-scales. External stimuli such as humidity will change properties of biopolymers. Introducing additional responsive behavior by highly functional small molecules into biopolymer matrices is an additional target of his research.
He was a former Liebig-Fellow (funded by the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie) at the Institute of Interfacial Process Engineering and Plasma Technology (IGVP) of the University of Stuttgart c/o the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology.
He was previously a postdoctoral fellow in Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University, where he had a DFG fellowship studying the chemistry, role of mineral and organic structure and organization on the mechanics of mollusk teeth by synchrotron X-ray techniques.
He obtained his doctorate in chemistry at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) in combination with the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research where he was a scholar of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie working on porous crystalline polymers, Covalent Organic Frameworks. He expanded them to environmental applications such as water storage and photocatalytic hydrogen generation. His dissertation was honored with the department award of the LMU in 2016.
He completed his M. Sc in chemistry at LMU and University of Oxford in 2011, and his B. Sc. in chemistry at the Technical University of Munich in 2009. He presented his work at over 30 conferences and published 14 publications in peer-reviewed journals.
Curriculum Vitae
Research Appointments
| since 09/2023 | Junior professor (Biogenic Engineering Materials), Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg |
| 2020-2023 | Junior research group, Universität Stuttgart |
| 2016–2019 | DFG Postdoc with Prof. D. Joester, Northwestern University, USA |
| 2016 | Postdoc with Prof. B. Lotsch, LMU Munich, Germany |
Education
| 2012-2016 | Dr. rer. nat. in Covalent Organic Frameworks with Prof. B. Lotsch, LMU Munich (summa cum laude) |
| 2011 | Master Thesis, University of Oxford, United Kingdom |
| 2009-2010 | Master of Science, LMU Munich, Germany (excellent) |
| 2006-2009 | Bachelor of Science, TU Munich, Germany |
Fellowships and Awards
| 2020-2023 | Liebig Fellowship |
| 11/2019 | Return Fellowship of DFG |
| 08/2018 | GRC & GRS Biomineralization conference speaker fellowship |
| 06/2018 | GSO Leadership Academy 2018 Fellowship |
| 02/2018 | Travel Grant of Northwestern University. |
| 10/2017 | DFG Research Fellowship over two years |
| 08/2017 | GAIN travel award |
| 06/2017 | ACCGE-21 Speaker Scholarship |
| 12/2016 | Award for excellent dissertation of the Dr. Klaus Römer-Stiftung |
| 2014 | CeNS travel award |
| 2012-2015 | VCI Chemiefonds Fellowship |
| 2011 | Chemistry, Master degree, grade: Excellent (Top 2% at LMU) |
| 2009 | Chemistry, Bachelor degree, grade: Good (Top 10% at TUM) |