
Prof. Dr. Andrij Pich
The research group of Andrij Pich has acquired many years of expertise in synthesizing functional polymers and colloidal particles with controlled chemical structure and morphology. He draws inspiration from biological systems and focuses in particular on the chemical design of macromolecules that react to external stimuli, assemble independently and degrade programmably. His reserach group has great expertise in the synthesis of nano- and microgels and their use for the production of soft, interactive materials with active properties. Such properties are, for example, changes in shape, the recognition of certain structures or the possibility of regeneration for use in catalysis, plant breeding, biomaterials and coatings.
Curriculum Vitae
In 2009 Andrij Pich was appointed to Lichtenberg Professor for Functional and Interactive Polymers at RWTH Aachen University. Since 2019 he is also a Professor for Biobased Polymers at Maastricht University (part time professorship). After studying chemical technology in Lviv/Ukraine he received his PhD from the Technical University Dresden in 2001. In 2006/2007 he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto/Canada. In 2007 he received the Georg Manecke Award of the GDCh (German Chemical Society) and completed his habilitation in 2008 at Technical University Dresden. His research focusses on the synthesis of functional polymers and polymer colloids with variable chemical structures and morphologies and their use for the design of functional and interactive materials.
Selected professional functions, honors and awards
- 2018 Innovation Prize of the German BioRegions
- 2009 Lichtenberg Professorship (Volkswagen Foundation)
- 2007 Georg Manecke Prize, German Chemical Society (GDCh)
- 2002 Young Scientist Award, Dresdener Gesprächskreis für Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft
Publications
Titel/Autoren | DOI-LINK | Magazine | Jahre | |
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A Versatile and Robust System for Electrical Droplet Position Sensing in a Digital Microfluidic Platform
J. Wagner, A. Schliep, Y. Lin, O. Fiukowski, R. Nebesnyi, A. Pich and U. Schnakenberg
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2025.116880 | Sensors and Actuators A: Physical | 2025 | |
A Versatile and Robust System for Electrical Droplet Position Sensing in a Digital Microfluidic Platform
J. Wagner, A. Schliep, Y. Lin, O. Fiukowski, R. Nebesnyi, A. Pich and U. Schnakenberg
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2025.116880 | Sensors and Actuators A: Physical | 2025 | |
Asymmetric Microgels with Tunable Morphologies by Assembly-Guided Polymerization of Liquid Crystalline Monomers
N. A. Wolter, H. Küttner, J. Schmitz, M. Karg and A. Pich
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https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202410502 | Small | 2025 | |
Color-Coded Galectin Fusion Proteins as Novel Tools in Biomaterial Science
C. Dey, I. K. Sommerfeld, P. Bojarová, N. Kodra, D. Vrbata, M. Zimolová Vlachová, V. Křen, A. Pich and L. Elling
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https://doi.org/10.1039/D4BM01148A | Biomaterials Science | 2025 | |
Double Network Microgels Based on Dextran and Fibrin With Tunable Structural, Mechanical, and Degradation Properties
S. A. Jung, H. Küttner, S. Wein, H. Malyaran, L. A. Reicher, C. Schmidt, N. Marcinkowska, M. A. Al Enezy-Ulbrich, S. Rütten, S. Neuss and A. Pich
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2025.138345 | Journal of Colloid and Interface Science | 2025 | |
Double Network Microgels Based on Dextran and Fibrin with Tunable Structural, Mechanical, and Degradation Properties
S. A. Jung, H. Küttner, S. Wein, H. Malyaran, L. A. Reicher, C. Schmidt, N. Marcinkowska, M. A. Al Enezy-Ulbrich, S. Rütten, S. Neuss and A. Pich
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2025.138345 | Journal of Colloid and Interface Science | 2025 | |
FLIM Nanoscopy Resolves the Structure and Preferential Adsorption in the Co-Nonsolvency of Pnipam Microgels in Methanol-Water
S. P. Centeno, K. Nothdurft, A. S. Klymchenko, A. Pich, W. Richtering and D. Wöll
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2024.08.235 | Journal of Colloid and Interface Science | 2025 | |
Functional Dendrimer Nanogels for DNA Delivery and Gene Therapy of Tumors
X. Li, Z. Ouyang, L. Hetjens, M. Ni, K. Lin, Y. Hu, X. Shi and A. Pich
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https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202505669 | Angewandte Chemie International Edition | 2025 | |
Hybrid Pectin-Fibroin Microgels with Supramolecular and Covalent Cross-Links
G. Kamaraju, J. Karl, S. Bulut, M. Pieper, N. Hazra, G. Chakraborty, A. Boes, A. Herrmann, U. Schwaneberg and A. Pich
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https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.4c01658 | Biomacromolecules | 2025 | |
Ionic Strength-Induced Compartmentalization for Nanogel-in-Microgel Colloids
M. I. Pieper, H. F. Mathews and A. Pich
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https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202410221 | Small | 2025 | |
Large-Scale Interlaboratory Study Along the Entire Process Chain of Laser Powder Bed Fusion: Bridging Variability, Standards, and Optimization across Metals and Polymers
I. M. Kuşoğlu, S. Garg, A. Abel, P. V. Balachandran, S. Barcikowski, L. Becker, J.-S. Bernsmann, J. Boseila, C. Broeckmann, M. Coskun, M. Dreyer, M. East, M. Easton, N. Ellendt, S. Gann, B. Gökce, M. Goßling, J. Greiner, P. Gruber, M. Grünewald, K. Gurung, N. Hantke, F. Hengsbach, H. Holländer, B. Van Hooreweder, K.-P. Hoyer, Y. Huang, F. Huber, O. Kessler, B. Ö. Kısasöz, S. Kleszczynski, E. Koc, T. Kurzynowski, A. Kwade, S. Leupold, D. Liu, F. Lomo, A. Lüddecke, G. A. Luinstra, D. A. Mauchline, F. Meyer, L. Meyer, P. Middendorf, S. Nolte, M. Olejarczyk, L. Overmeyer, A. Pich, S. Platt, F. Radtke, R. Ramm, S.-K. Rittinghaus, R. Rothfelder, J. Rudloff, M. Schaper, M. L. Scheck, J. H. Schleifenbaum, M. Schmidt, J. T. Sehrt, Y. P. Shabanga, A. Sommereyns, R. Steuer, L. S. Tisha, A. Toenjes, C. Tuck, A. Vaghar, B. Vrancken, Z. Wang, S. Weber, J. Wegner, B.-X. Xu, Y. Yang, D. Zhang, E. Zhuravlev and A. R. Ziefuss
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https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202402930 | Advanced Engineering Materials | 2025 | |
Light-Gated Amine Exchange in Diarylethene-Crosslinked Microgels
K. Broi, F. Grabowski, S. Esser, J. Dörr, A. Pich and S. Hecht
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https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202510141 | Angewandte Chemie International Edition | 2025 |