carsten streb
lab: +49 (0)9131 85-29437
carsten.streb@chemie.uni-erlangen.de

Since 09/2009: Independent Group leader and Liebig-Fellow

Institute of Inorganic Chemistry II, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg.

Mentor: Prof. Dr. Karsten Meyer

01/2008-09/2009: Postdoctoral researcher in materials chemistry

Department of Chemistry and james Watt Nanofabrication Centre, University of Glasgow. Mentor: Prof. Lee Cronin

Research topic: Molecular complexes as precursors for the synthesis of nanostructered function materials.

education

01/2005 - 12/2007
University of Glasgow, supervisor: Prof. Lee Cronin.

Thesis title: "Functional polyoxometlaltes: From host-guest-complexes to porous frameworks."

09/1999 - 12/2004
Undergraduate studies (Diplom-Chemie), TU Kaiserslautern

Supervisor: PD Dr. Martin Hartmann.

Thesis title: "Properties and catalytic activity of chloroperoxidase immobilized on SBA-15."

awards and distinctions

05/2009 Liebig-Fellowship of the Fonds der chemischen Industrie

06/2006 DECHEMA student award for chemical technology

05/2009 Adolf Steinhofer award, TU Kaiserlslautern

publications

2010

Unveiling the Transient Template in the Self-Assembly of a Molecular Oxide Nanowheel, H.N. Miras, G.J.T. Cooper, D.-L- Long, H. Bögge, A. Müller, C. Streb, L. Cronin, Science, 2010, 327, 72-74

2009

Guest-Directed Supramolecular Architectures of {W36} Polyoxometalate Crowns, T. McGlone, C. Streb, D.-L. Long, L. Cronin, Chem. Asian J. 2009, 4, 1612-1618

Supramolecular Silver Polyoxometalate Architectures Direct the Growth of Composite Semiconducting Nanostructures, C. Streb, R. Tsunashima, D.A. MayLaren, T. Mc Glone, T. Akutagawa, T. Nakamura, A. Scandurra, B. Pignataro, N. Gadegaard, L. Cronin, Angew. Chem. Intern. Ed. 2009, 48, 6490-6493

Heteroatom Controlled Kinetics of Switchable Polyoxometalate Frameworks, J. Thiel, C. Ritchie, C. Streb, D.-L. Long, L. Cronin, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 4180-4181

Spontaneous assembly and real-time growth of micrometre-scale tubular structures from polyoxometalate-based inorganic solids, C. Ritchie, G.J.T. Cooper, Y.-F. Song, C. Streb, H. Yin, A.D.C. Parenty, D.A. Mac Laren, L. Cronin, Nature Chem. 2009, 1, 47-52

Ganz nah an der Lösung: Massenspektrometrie in der Koordinationschemie, E.F. Wilson, C. Streb, Nachr. Chem. 2009, 57, 46-48