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Dr. Jens Gaitzsch

Bioactive and responsive Polymers
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Jens Gaitzsch is Head of Department "Bioactive and responsive polymers (RP)" and a research group leader at IPF. He completed his chemistry degree in 2009 at the TU Dresden under the guidance of Prof. Peter Metz and obtained his PhD in 2013 from Prof. Brigitte Voit at IPF pioneering the field of photo cross-linked and pH sensitive polymersomes at the institute. After completing his PhD he went to University College London for a DFG-funded postdoc position in the group of Giuseppe Battaglia. He then became a senior postdoc, working with the group of Wolfgang Meier at the University of Basel from Mid-2015, starting to focus on biodegradable polymers for self-assembly with a special focus on radical ring-opening polymeristion. Dr. Gaitzsch now works on these topics at IPF.

IPF group leader for "Functional Polyesters from Radical Ring Opening Polymerisation (RROP)"

50+ Publications, h-index: 24, i-10 index: 35+

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Fields of Activity

    Honors and Awards

    2021-2022 Guest Professor for Polymer Chemistry at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg
    2019 Novartis-University of Basel Fellowship for Excellence in Life Sciences
    2014 DFG Posdoc Fellowship
    2014 Best PhD Award of IPF Dresden
    2010 Rosa-Luxemburg-Foundation PhD-fellowship
    2009-2013 Member of the Dresden International PhD Program
    2009-2012 Multiple Poster Awards

    Publications (IPF only)

    • Gaitzsch, J. ; Appelhans, D. ; Janke, A. ; Strempel, M. ; Schwille, P. ; Voit, B. Cross-linked and pH sensitive supported polymer bilayers from polymersomes - studies concerning thickness, rigidity and fluidity more Soft Matter 10 (2014) 75-82
    • Gaitzsch, J. ; Appelhans, D. ; Voit, B. Responsive Polymersome - Moderne Strukturen für biomedizinische und biotechnologische Anwendungen more Nachrichten aus der Chemie 60 (2012) 1176-1180
    • Gaitzsch, J. ; Canton, I. ; Appelhans, D. ; Battaglia, G. ; Voit, B. Cellular interactions with photo-cross-linked and pH-sensitive polymersomes: biocompatibility and uptake studies more Biomacromolecules 13 (2012) 4188–4195
    • Gaitzsch, J. ; Appelhans, D. ; Wang, L. ; Battaglia, G. ; Voit, B. Synthetic bio-nanoreactor: Mechanical and chemical control of polymersome membrane permeability more Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 51 (2012) 4448-4451
    • Gaitzsch, J. ; Appelhans, D. ; Wang, L. ; Battaglia, G. ; Voit, B. Synthetischer Bionanoreaktor: mechanische und chemische Kontrolle der Permeabilität von Polymersom-Membranen more Angewandte Chemie 124 (2012) 4524-4527
    • Gaitzsch, J. ; Rogachev, V. ; Metz, P. ; Filimonov, V. ; Zahel, M. ; Kataeva, O. Simple and practical one-step synthesis of new 1,3-dienic d-sultones from terminal alkynes and some synthetic applications of these compounds more Journal of Sulfur Chemistry 32 (2011) 3-11
    • Gaitzsch, J. ; Appelhans, D. ; Gräfe, D. ; Schwille, P. ; Voit, B. Photo-crosslinked and pH sensitive polymersomes for triggering the loading and release of cargo more Chemical Communications 47 (2011) 3466-3468