Andreas Herrmann

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Angewandte Chemie International EditionVolume 56, Issue 8 p. 1956-1956 Author ProfileFree Access Andreas Herrmann First published: 19 January 2017 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201611742AboutSectionsPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Graphical Abstract “I can never resist sweets. My favorite food is venison ...” This and more about Andreas Herrmann can be found on page 1956. Andreas Herrmann The author presented on this page has recently published his 10th article in Angewandte Chemie in the last 10 years: “High Affinity Recognition of a Selected Amino Acid Epitope within a Protein by Cucurbit[8]uril Complexation”: S. Sonzini, A. Marcozzi, R. J. Gubeli, C. F. van der Walle, P. Ravn, A. Herrmann, O. A. Scherman, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 14000; Angew. Chem. 2016, 128, 14206. The work of A. Herrmann has been featured on the inside cover of Angewandte Chemie: “Light-Triggered Sequence-Specific Cargo Release from DNA Block Copolymer-Lipid Vesicles”: A. Rodríguez-Pulido, A. Kondratchuk, D. K. Prusty, J. Gao, M. Loi, A. Herrmann, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 1008; Angew. Chem. 2013, 125, 1042. Date of birth: October 14, 1970 Position: Professor of Polymer Chemistry & Bioengieneering, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen E-mail: a.herrmann@rug.nl Homepage: http://www.rug.nl/research/zernike/polymer-chemistry-and-bioengineering/group-herrmann/polymer-chemistry-_-bioengineering-research ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-8886-0894 Education: 1997 Diploma in chemistry, University of Mainz 2001 PhD with Klaus Müllen, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz 2002–2003 Postdoctoral research with Donald Hilvert, ETH Zurich Awards: 2008 Reimund Stadler Prize, Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh; German Chemical Society); 2009 ERC Starting Grant; 2009 Dr. Hermann Schnell Prize, GDCh; 2010 VICI Grant, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research; 2013 EYEnovative Prize, Novartis; 2016 ERC Advanced Grant Current research interests: DNA hybrid materials; supercharged polypeptides; nanochemistry; biomacromolecular liquids and liquid crystals; supramolecular protecting groups Hobbies: Surfing, soccer, and skiing I can never resist sweets. My favorite food is venison. My favorite place on earth is the French Atlantic coast because it combines excellent waves and food. I chose chemistry as a career because I could not enter chemical engineering as I could not pursue the necessary practical training because of military service. Retrospectively, that was the best thing that ever happened. If I were not a scientist, I would be a cook developing new flavors with the help of chemistry. My worst nightmare is that all my PhD students and postdoctoral researchers follow my advice. The most exciting thing about my research is that the materials that we are fabricating on the nanometer scale execute functions in the macroscopic world. If I could go forward in time and do any experiment, it would be the fabrication of a cell from exclusively unnatural components that can grow and divide. The downside of my job is having too little time for my wife and three kids. When I'm frustrated, I bike home earlier and faster than usual. My best investment was in smart students. My 5 top papers: References 1“High-Density Noncovalent Functionalization of DNA by Electrostatic Interactions”: W. Chen, J. Y. Gerasimov, P. Zhao, K. Liu, A. Herrmann, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 12884. (A general method for enveloping DNA with various amines in organic solvents.) 2“Thermotropic liquid crystals from biomacromolecules”: K. Liu et al., PNAS 2014, 111, 18596. (A simple method for liquifying and ordering DNA, RNA, and proteins in the absence of water.) 3“Selective Transformations of Complex Molecules are Enabled by Aptameric Protective Groups”: A. A. Bastian, A. Marcozzi, A. Herrmann, Nat. Chem. 2012, 4, 789. (Allows the regioselective one-step derivatization of natural products.) 4“DNA Block Copolymer Doing It All: From Selection to Self-Assembly of Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes”: M. Kwak et al., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 3206; Angew. Chem. 2011, 123, 3264. (A DNA polymer hybrid selectively disperses single-walled carbon nanotubes and guides their assembly in devices.) 5“DNA Block Copolymer Micelles—A Combinatorial Tool for Cancer Nanotechnology”: F. E. Alemdaroglu, N. C. Alemdaroglu, P. Langguth, A. Herrmann, Adv. Mat. 2008, 20, 899. (Fast and easy fabrication of drug carrier systems based on nucleic acid self-assembly.) Volume56, Issue8February 13, 2017Pages 1956-1956 ReferencesRelatedInformation