Curriculum Vitae
Personal Information
Full Name:
Prof. Dr. Patrick Théato
Department: Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry,
University of Hamburg
Address:
Bundesstraße 45, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany
Telephone:
+49 4042838 6002 (secretary); +49 4042838 6009 (office);
+49 4042838 6008 (fax)
E-mail:
[email protected]
Website:
www.theato.net
Education Background
1998 - 2001
Dr. rer. nat. in Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz
1993 - 1998
Diploma in Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz
1992 - 1993
professional training „staatlich geprüfter chemisch-technischer Assistant (CTA)“
Position Held
Since 2012
Head of the Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry
2012
Visiting Professor at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, and Hokkaido University,
Japan
Since 2011
Tenured Associate Professorship, University of Hamburg, Germany
2011
Prize Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield, UK
2009 - 2013
Associate Professor, Seoul National University as part of the World Class University
Initiative
2004 - 2010
Akademischer Rat (A13), Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany
2003 - 2007
Habilitation at University of Mainz, Institute of organic chemistry, Germany
2003
Research visit, Stanford University, USA
2002 - 2003
Feodor Lynen Research Postdoctoral Fellowship, Seoul National University, Korea.
Awards, Offices & Boards
1996
DAAD scholarship
2002
Feodor Lynen scholarship of the Alexander von Humboldt foundation
2002
Award for excellent studies,ministry for culture, excellent teaching and research,
Luxembourg
since 2003
Initiator and program delegate of an International Study and Training Partnerships
(ISAP by DAAD) with Seoul National University, Korea
2004
Organization of the SFB 625 Workshop „From Single Molecules to Supramolecular
Structures“ in Mainz
2007 - 2011
Vice-spokesman of the international research and training group (IRTG) with Seoul
National University
since 2009
Editorial Board Member of Journal of Macromolecular Science Part A: Pure and
Applied Chemistry
since 2009
International Advisory Board Member of Journal of Industrial and Engineering
Chemistry
since 2009
Editorial Board Member of Polymers
2011 – 2013 Editorial Advisory Board Member of Macromolecules
since 2014
International Advisory Board Member of Macromolecular Rapid Communication and
Macromolecular Chemistry & Physics
Reviewer for Journals
Accounts of Chemical Research, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ACS Macro Letters, ACS
Nano, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Angewandte Chemie, Applied
Organometallic Chemistry, Australian Journal of Chemistry, Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry,
Biomacromolecules, Carbon, Chemical Communications, Chemical Society Reviews, Chemistry of
Materials, Chemistry - A European Journal, Environmental Science & Technology, European
Polymer Journal, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, International Journal of Molecular
Sciences, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Journal of
Fluorine Chemistry, Journal of Macromolecular Science, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Journal of
Materials Chemistry B, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, Journal
of Physical Chemistry, Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Journal of Solid State
Chemistry, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B,
Langmuir, Macromolecular Bioscience, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, Macromolecular
Rapid Communications, Macromolecular Reaction Engineering, Macromolecular Symposia,
Macromolecules, Materials Science and Engineering C, Nano Research, Nanoscale, Nature, Nature
Chemistry, Nature Materials, PLOS ONE, Polymer, Polymer Bulletin, Polymer Chemistry, Polymer,
Polymer International, Polymers for Advanced Technologies, Progress in Polymer Science, Reactive
and Functional Polymers, Sensors & Actuators B: Chemical, Scientific Reports, South African Journal
of Chemistry, Tetrahedron Letters, Thin Solid Films.
Reviewer for Funding Agencies
National Science Foundation (NSF), German Science Foundation (DFG), Swiss National Science
Foundation (SNSF), Humboldt foundation (AvH), European Union for Marie Curie fellowship,
funding agency for scientific research in French-speaking Belgium (FNRS), Research Foundation
Flanders (FWO), French Research Agency (ANR), German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD),
and Stiftung Rheinland-Pfalz für Innovation.
Conference Organization
2010
ACS Spring Meeting, POLY Symposium on “Non-conventional Functional Block
Copolymers” jointly with Prof. E.B. Coughlin, Prof. A.F.M. Kilbinger
2010
ACS Fall Meeting, PMSE Symposium on “WCU International Symposium for World
Class University Program” jointly with Prof. K. Char, Prof. J. Pyun
2012
ACS Spring Meeting, POLY Symposium on “Photo-cleavable Polymers and Block
Copolymers” jointly with Prof. E.B. Coughlin
2013
8th German-Korean Polymersymposium at the University of Hamburg
2013
Co-organization of the Bunsentagung
2014
Co-organization of session on "Recent Advances in Functional Polymers” at IUPAC
World Polymer Congress MACRO 2014 jointly with Prof. T. Deming
2015
Co-organization of session on "Macromolecular Synthesis and Biotechnology” at
IUPAC MACRO 2015 jointly with Prof. T.-L. Choi
2015
ACS Fall Meeting, POLY Symposium on “Multi-component and sequential reactions
in polymer science: Efficient synthesis of structural diverse polymers” jointly with
Prof. M.A.R. Meier
Selected Publications
More than 175 publications in international scientific journals with over 3680 citations (h-index=37,
i10-index=93). Editor of two books. Following is a small selection of publications in the past 4 years,
the full list can be found at http://www.chemie.uni-hamburg.de/tmc/theato/publikationen/index.html
1. Theato, P.*; Ungar, G. “Nanoporous ordered materials: Osmotically shocked” Nature Materials
2012, 11, 16–17.
2. Chung, W. J.; Griebel, J. J.; Kim, E. T.; Yoon, H.; Simmonds, A. G.; Ji, H. J.; Dirlam, P. T.; Glass,
R. S.; Wie, J. J.; Nguyen, N. A.; Guralnick, B. W.; Park, J.; Somogyi, Á.; Theato, P.; Mackay, M. E.;
Sung, Y.-E.; Char, K.; Pyun, J. “The use of elemental sulfur as an alternative feedstock for polymeric
materials” Nature Chemistry 2013, 5, 518-524.
3. Theato, P.* “One is Enough: Influencing Polymer Properties with a Single Chromophoric Unit”
Angewandte Chemie, International Edition 2011, 50, 5804-5806.
4. Zhao, H.; Gu, W.; Sterner, E.; Russell, T.P.; E Coughlin, E.B.; Theato, P.* “Highly Ordered
Nanoporous Thin Films from Photocleavable Block Copolymers” Macromolecules 2011, 44, 6433.
5. Theato, P.* “Synthesis of well-defined polymeric activated esters“ J. Polym. Sci. A: Polym. Chem.
2008, 46, 6677.