Prof. Dr. Gerd Ulrich Nienhaus
Project Leader A06, Z02
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Institute of Applied Physics
Wolfgang-Gaede-Str. 1
76131 Karlsruhe
uli.nienhaus@kit.edu

Professional Career
since 2009
Full Professor (W3) and Director
Institute of Applied Physics, KIT, Karlsruhe
since 1997
Adjunct Professor
Physics/Biophysics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
1996 – 2009
Full Professor (C4) and Director
Institute of Biophysics, University of Ulm
1999
Visiting Professor
with Prof. Steve Chu, Stanford University, USA
1996 – 1997
Associate Professor
Physics/Biophysics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
1992 - 1996
Assistant Professor
Physics/Biophysics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
1991
Vis. Res. Asst. Professor
Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
1990
Postdoc
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
1988 - 1989
Postdoc
Universities of Münster and Mainz
1988
Dr. rer. nat.
Physical Chemistry, University of Münster, Advisor: Prof. Dr. Fritz Parak
1983
Diploma in Physics
University of Münster, Germany
Achievements & Awards
2022
Fellow
Biophysical Society
since 2012
Member
Committee for the Allocation of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Awards, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
2012 - 2020
Member
Board of Directors, Heidelberg Karlsruhe Research Partnership (HEiKA)
2012 - 2015
Vice Dean
Faculty of Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
2011
Excellence in Teaching Award
Faculty of Physics (Fakultätslehrpreis), KIT
2011 - 2012
Vice President
German Biophysical Society (DGfB)
2009 - 2010
President
German Biophysical Society (DGfB)
2008 - 2014
Council Member
International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics (IUPAB)
2008 - 2016
Member,
Grant Review Board “Foundations of Biology and Medicine, Section 1:Biochemistry, Biophysics, Structural Biology and Bioinformatics” (DFG)
2007 - 2011
Spokesman
Conference of Physics Departments in Germany (KFP)
2007 - 2011
Executive Board Member
for Higher Education and Junior Scientists, German Physical Society (DPG)
2006
Cooperation Prize Science-Industry
University of Ulm
2005 - 2008
Chairman of Commission C6 (Biological Physics)
International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)
2005 - 2006
Vice Dean
Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Ulm
2003
Fellow
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2002 - 2005
Secretary of Commission C6 (Biological Physics)
IUPAP
2001
Fellow
Institute of Physics (IoP, London)
1998
Fellow
American Physical Society (APS)
1994
Fellow
Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois
1990 - 1991
Feodor Lynen Fellow
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
1988
Ph. D. Prize
University of Münster
Publications
Genetically encodable fluorescent protein markers in advanced optical imaging
Two plus one is almost three: a fast approximation for multi-view deconvolution
Biomed Opt Express. 2021 Dec 7;13(1):147-158. doi: 10.1364/BOE.443660. eCollection 2022 Jan 1. PMID: 35154860
Learn moreSuper-resolution RNA imaging using a rhodamine-binding aptamer with fast exchange kinetics
Measuring ligand-cell surface receptor affinities with axial line-scanning fluorescence correlation spectroscopy
Lef1 regulates caveolin expression and caveolin dependent endocytosis, a process necessary for Wnt5a/Ror2 signaling during Xenopus gastrulation
Sci Rep. 2019 Oct 30;9(1):15645. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-52218-1. PMID: 31666627
Learn moreWnt/PCP controls spreading of Wnt/β-catenin signals by cytonemes in vertebrates
Mattes B, Dang Y, Greicius G, Kaufmann LT, Prunsche B, Rosenbauer J, Stegmaier J, Mikut R, Özbek S, Nienhaus GU, Schug A, Virshup DM, Scholpp S. Elife. 2018 Jul 31;7. PMID:30060804
Learn moreBackground suppression in fluorescence nanoscopy with stimulated emission double depletion
Gao, P., B. Prunsche, L. Zhou, K. Nienhaus, and G.U. Nienhaus. 2017. Nat Photon. 11:163-169.
Learn moreDual-color dual-focus line-scanning FCS for quantitative analysis of receptor-ligand interactions in living specimens
Sci Rep. 2015 May 7;5:10149. doi: 10.1038/srep10149. PMID: 25951521
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