CONTACTS:
E-mail: pich@dwi.rwth-aachen.de
Webpage: https://www.dwi.rwth-aachen.de/
Phone: +49241802330
ORCID: 0000-0003-1825-7798
Scopus ID: 7005956324
Web of Science ResearcherID: A-6422-2011
DATE OF BIRTH
24 October 1974
CURRENT POSITION:
Professor of Functional and Interactive Polymers, Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Director of DWI Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen, Germany
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS:
Georg-Manecke-Prize, Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) (2007)
Lichtenberg Professorship (Volkswagen Foundation) (2009)
Fellow of Max Planck School “Matter to Life” (2024)
Steinkopff-Prize of German Colloid Society (2024)
Adjunct Professor at Donghua University, Shanghai, China (2025)
SCHOLAR ACTIVITIES:
Member of the Review Board of German Science Foundation
Member of Editorial Board of “Advanced Interventional Materials” (KeAi)
Member of Editorial board of “Gels”, MDPI
Associated Editor of “Nanomedicine Therapeutics” (OAE)
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Synthesis of reactive functional polymers, stimuli-responsive nano- and microgels, interactive polymer-based materials for catalysis, plant protection and drug delivery.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
- Bulut, S., Bissing, T., Lile, T., Kuettner, H., Guenther, D., Bergebit, C., Demco, D. E., De Laporte, L., Pich, A. Oxygen-Inhibition Driven Compartmentalization of Dextran Microgels: Toward Fusible Colloidal Biomaterial Inks for 3D Printing, Advanced Materials2026, e19972.https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202519972
- Li, X., Hu, Y., Zhang, X., Shi, X., Parak, W. J., Pich, A. (2024). Transvascular Transport of Nanocarriers for Tumor Delivery. Nature Communications 2024,15, 1, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52416-0
- Hu, C., Bonn, P. van, Demco, D. E., Bolm, C., Pich, A. Mechanochemical Synthesis of Stimuli Responsive Microgels. Angewandte Chemie International Edition2023, 62(34), e202308116. https://doi.org/10.1002/ANIE.202308116
- Grabowski, F., Petrovskii, V. S., Fink, F., Demco, D. E., Herres-Pawlis, S., Potemkin, I. I., Pich, A. Anisotropic Microgels by Supramolecular Assembly and Precipitation Polymerization of Pyrazole-Modified Monomers, Advanced Science, 2022, 9(36), 2204853. https://doi.org/10.1002/ADVS.202204853
- Li X, Sun H, Li H, Hu C, Luo Y, Shi X, Pich A. Multi-Responsive Biodegradable Cationic Nanogels for Highly Efficient Treatment of Tumors, Advanced Functional Materials, 2021, 2100227. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202100227