Contact:
Lab: 2224.02.131
Office: 2224.02.135
Phone: 39-23873
Research Topic:
Controlling the kinetics, stability and charge density of anisotropic supramolecular polymers using multicomponent systems
Curriculum Vitae:
12/2018 - 02/2019 | PostDoc in the group of Prof. S. Seiffert, Institute of Physical Chemistry, JGU Mainz |
10/2015 - 11/2018 | Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. Pol Besenius, JGU Mainz |
05/2015 - 09/2015 | Master thesis in the group of Prof. Pol Besenius, WWU Münster and JGU Mainz |
09/2014 - 12/2014 | Research internship in the group of Dr. Brendan Wilkinson, Monash University, Australia |
2013 - 2015 | Master of Science in Chemistry, WWU Münster |
2013 | Bachelor thesis in the group of Prof. Pol Besenius, WWU Münster |
2009 - 2013 | Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, WWU Münster |
2009 | Abitur, Fichte-Gymnasium Hagen |
Publications:
[7] Lipid Bilayer Interactions of Peptidic Supramolecular Polymers and the Impact on Membrane Permeability and Stability.S. Pannwitt, J. Kaltbeitzel, P. Ahlers, D. Spitzer, N. Hellmann, F. Depoix, P. Besenius, D. Schneider*,
Biochemistry 2020, 59, 1845-1853. DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.0c00114. [6] Structure and Luminescence Properties of Supramolecular Polymers of Amphiphilic Aromatic Thioether-Peptide Conjugates in Water.
P. Ahlers, C. Götz, S. Riebe, M. Zirbes, M. Jochem, D. Spitzer, J. Voskuhl*, T. Basché*, P. Besenius*,
Polym. Chem. 2019, 10, 3163-3169. DOI: 10.1039/c8py01712c. [5] The Impact of Branching on the Solution Behavior and Serum Stability of Star-like Block Copolymers.
R. Holm, M. Douverne, B. Weber, T. Bauer, A. Best, P. Ahlers, K. Koynov, P. Besenius, M. Barz*,
Biomacromolecules 2019, 20, 375-388. DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b01545. [4] Dynamic Light Scattering Investigation of the Kinetics and Fidelity of Supramolecular Copolymerizations in Water.
P. Ahlers, K. Fischer, D. Spitzer, P. Besenius*,
Macromolecules 2017, 50, 7712-7720. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b01561. [3] Tuning the pH-Switch of Supramolecular Polymer Carriers for siRNA to Physiologically Relevant pH.
P. Ahlers, H. Frisch, R. Holm, D. Spitzer, M. Barz, P. Besenius*,
Macromol. Biosci. 2017, 10, 1700111. DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201700111. [2] Tuneable pH-regulated supramolecular copolymerisation by mixing mismatched dendritic peptide comonomers.
P. Ahlers§, H. Frisch§, P. Besenius*, (§ these authors contributed equally)
Polym. Chem. 2015, 6, 7245-7250. DOI: 10.1039/C5PY01241D. [1] The Synthesis of Dendritic EDOT-Peptide Conjugates and Their Multistimuli-Responsive Self-Assembly Into Supramolecular Nanorods and -Fibres in Water.
P. Ahlers, H. Frisch, D. Spitzer, Z. Vobecka, F. Vilela, P. Besenius*,
Chem. Asian J. 2014, 9, 2052–2057. DOI: 10.1002/asia.201402271.
Talks:
[1] International Functional Nanomaterials and Nanodevice Conference 2018, Vienne, Austria. 03-05/09/2018.High Fidelity supramolecular Copolymers as tunable pH-responsive siRNA-Carrier Materials.
Patrick Ahlers, Pol Besenius
Posters:
[3] CRC 1093 2nd International Symposium 'Supramolecular Chemistry on Proteins', University of Duisburg‐Essen, Essen, Germany. 20-21/9/2017.External Stimuli Responsive Multi‐Component Supramolecular Polymers with Tunable Properties.
Patrick Ahlers, Hendrik Frisch, Karl Fischer, Regina Holm, Daniel Spitzer, Matthias Barz, Pol Besenius. [2] 12th International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (ISMSC 2017) in conjunction with RSC ISACS: Challenges in Organic Materials & Supramolecular Chemistry, Cambridge, UK. 2-6/7/2017.
Controlled self-assembly of multi-component supramolecular polymers with tunable properties by external stimuli.
Patrick Ahlers, Hendrik Frisch, Karl Fischer, Regina Holm, Daniel Spitzer, Matthias Barz, Pol Besenius. [1] MAINZ-Masterclass on 'Supramolecular Functional Materials', Budenheim (Mainz), Germany. 26-28/4/2017.
Multi-Component Supramolecular Polymers with Tunable Properties by External Stimuli.
Patrick Ahlers, Hendrik Frisch, Karl Fischer, Regina Holm, Daniel Spitzer, Matthias Barz, Pol Besenius.