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
Projects
Publications
Titel/Autoren | DOI-LINK | Magazine | Jahre | |
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Direct Monitoring of Microgel Formation during Precipitation Polymerization of N-Isopropylacrylamide Using in Situ SANS
O. L. J. K. Virtanen, M.; Meyer-Kirschner, J.; Melle, A.; Radulescu, A.; Viell, J. D.; Mitsos, A.; Pich, A.; Richtering, W.
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https://www.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.8b03461 | Acs Omega | 2019 | |
Distribution of Ionizable Groups in Polyampholyte Microgels Controls Interactions with Captured Proteins: From Blockade and "Levitation" to Accelerated Release
W. J. Xu, A. A. Rudov, R. Schroeder, I. V. Portnov, W. Richtering, I. I. Potemkin and A. Pich
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https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.8b01775 | Biomacromolecules | 2019 | |
Dual Responsive Poly(N-vinylcaprolactam) Based Degradable Microgels for Drug Delivery
G. Agrawal, R. Agrawal and A. Pich
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https://www.doi.org/10.1002/ppsc.201700132 | Particle & Particle Systems Characterization | 2017 | |
Dual responsiveness of microgels induced by single light stimulus
M. Bekir, J. Jelken, S.-H. Jung, A. Pich, C. Pacholski, A. Kopyshev and S. Santer
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https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0036376 | Applied Physics Letters | 2021 | |
Dual Stimuli-Responsive Self-Assembly Behavior of a Tailor-Made ABC-Type Amphiphilic Tri-Block Copolymer
S. Pal, M. Kather, S. Banerjee, P. Saha, A. Pich, N. Singha
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https://doi.org/10.1002/pol.20190200 | Journal of Polymer Science Part A-Polymer Chemistry | 2020 | |
Dual-Degradable Biohybrid Microgels by Direct Cross-Linking of Chitosan and Dextran Using Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition
H. Li, X. Li, P. Jain, H. Peng, K. Rahimi, S. Singh and A. Pich
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https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.0c01158 | Biomacromolecules | 2020 | |
Dual-Temperature-Responsive Microgels from a Zwitterionic Functional Graft Copolymer with Superior Protein Repelling Property
P. Saha, M. Santi, M. Frenken, A. R. Palanisamy, R. Ganguly, N. K. Singha and A. Pich
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https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00304 | ACS Macro Letters | 2020 | |
Dynamic Nanoconfinement Enabled Highly Stretchable and Supratough Polymeric Materials with Desirable Healability and Biocompatibility
L. Liu, M. Zhu, X. Xu, X. Li, Z. Ma, Z. Jiang, A. Pich, H. Wang and P. Song
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https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202105829 | Advanced Materials | 2021 | |
Electroactive and degradable supramolecular microgels
H. L. Li, O. Mergel, P. Jain, X. Li, H. Peng, K. Rahimi, S. Singh, F. A. Plamper and A. Pich
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https://www.doi.org/10.1039/c9sm01390c | Soft Matter | 2019 | |
Enabling the measurement of particle sizes in stirred colloidal suspensions by embedding dynamic light scattering into an automated probe head
M. de Kanter, J. Meyer-Kirschner, J. Viell, A. Mitsos, M. Kather, A. Pich and C. Janzen
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https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2015.11.024 | Measurement | 2016 | |
Enhanced catalyst performance through compartmentalization exemplified by colloidal l-proline modified microgel catalysts
D. Kleinschmidt, M. S. Fernandes, M. Mork, A. A. Meyer, J. Krischel, M. V. Anakhov, R. A. Gumerov, I. I. Potemkin, M. Rueping and A. Pich
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2019.10.005 | Journal of Colloid and Interface Science | 2019 | |
Enhanced catalytic activity of copper complexes in microgels for aerobic oxidation of benzyl alcohols
D. Schaefer, F. Fink, D. Kleinschmidt, K. Keisers, F. Thomas, A. Hoffmann, A. Pich and S. Herres-Pawlis
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https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CC02433C | Chemical Communications | 2020 |