Prof. Dr. Thomas Pfohl
- 1995–1998 Dissertation at Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Berlin-Adlershof, supervisors Hans Riegler and Helmuth Möhwald
- 1998 Dr. rer. nat., University of Potsdam
- 1998–2000 Postdoctoral stay with Cyrus R. Safinya at the Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara
- 2000–2004 Project Group Leader, Department of Applied Physics (Head: Stephan Herminghaus), University of Ulm
- 2001–2006 Leader of an independent Emmy Noether Junior Research Group
- since 2004 Project Group Leader, Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (Director: Stephan Herminghaus), Göttingen
- since 2009 Professor of Biophysical Chemistry, Chemistry Department, University of Basel
Major Research Interests
- Soft biological objects in microfluidics
- Hierarchical organisation of DNA assemblies
- Dynamic and elastic properties of cytoskeletal proteins and networks
- Real-time imaging of cell dynamics
- Motility at low Reynolds numbers
Homepage Department/Research Group
Selected Recent Publications
- J. Hermes, F. Sander, T. Peterle, C. Cioffi, P. Ringler, T. Pfohl, M. Mayor, "Direct control of spatial arrangement of gold nanoparticles in organic-inorganic hybrid superstructures", Small 7, 920 (2011).
- H. M. Evans, E. Surenjav, C. Priest, S. Herminghaus, R. Seemann, T. Pfohl , "In situ formation, manipulation, and imaging of droplet-encapsulated fibrin networks", Lab Chip 9, 1933 (2009).
- S. Köster, J. Kierfeld, T. Pfohl, "Characterization of single semiflexible filaments under geometric constraints", European Physical Journal E 25, 439 (2008).
- M. Engstler, T. Pfohl, S. Herminghaus, M. Boshart, G. Wiegertjes, N. Heddergott, P. Overath, “Antibodies act as molecular sails in the clearance of immune complexes in trypanosomes”, Cell 131, 505 (2007).
- T. Pfohl, A. Otten, S. Köster, R. Dootz, B. Struth, H. M. Evans, “Highly packed and oriented DNA mesophases identified using in situ microfluidic X-ray microdiffraction”, Biomacromolecules 8, 2167 (2007).
