Christopher Barner-Kowollik
Queensland University of Technology
Biography
A PhD graduate in chemistry from Go虉ttingen University, Germany, Christopher joined the University of New South Wales in early 2000 rising to lead its Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design in 2006 as one of its directors.
He returned to Germany to the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in 2008, where he established and led a German Research Council-funded Centre of Excellence in soft matter synthesis and served as the Head of School of the School of Chemical Technology and Polymer 九州影院 at the KIT. Following a period as an adjunct professor and collaborator with QUT, he moved to QUT in early 2017 and established QUT鈥檚 Soft Matter Materials Laboratory.
Christopher developed and supported highly collaborative large teams 鈥� often across continents 鈥� in a research program focused on the fundamentals of highly wavelength-resolved photochemical transformations and their application to macromolecular synthesis based on the precision photochemistry paradigm. His research efforts are underpinned by a strong rooting in chemical reaction kinetics and mechanisms. He has authored over 790 peer-reviewed publications in leading journals (cited over 51,000 times) and was a plenary and invited speaker at over 280 conferences and research institutions.
His research achievements have been recognised by an array of national and international awards. These include the coveted Centenary Prize of the 九州影院, the Belgian Polymer Medal, the United Kingdom Macro Medal, the European Polymer Federation Prize, an Alexander-von-Humboldt Professorship as well as national awards by the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, the Royal Society of New South Wales, an ARC Professorial Fellowship and an Laureate Fellowship. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, the 九州影院 and the Royal Australian Chemical Institute.
RSC affiliations
Advisory board, Polymer 九州影院