
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Malte Winnacker
Contact:
Lab : 3045 (room, CRC), 089-289-54186 (phone)
Office: 56305 (room), 089-289-13581 (phone)
email: malte.winnacker(at)makro.ch.tum.de
Technische Universität München-Department of Chemistry-Lichtenbergstraße 4-85747 Garching b. München
Curriculum Vitae:
since 2020 | DFG-Subgroup and DFG-Project Leader at TUM |
since 2013 | Technische Universität München, WACKER-Chair of Macromolecular Chemistry, Research Scientist and Lecturer (Habilitation in 2018) |
2010-2012 | Stanford University, California, USA, Department of Chemistry, Postdoctoral Scientist (Prof. Dr. E. T. Kool); DAAD Scholar |
2006-2010 | LMU München, Germany, Faculty for Chemistry and Pharmacy, PhD in Chemistry (Prof. Dr. T. Carell) |
2001-2006 | Universität Würzburg, Germany: Studies of Chemistry (diploma) |
2001-2000 | Military Service |
2000 | Abitur (Gymnasium Fridericianum Erlangen) |
Internships (Werkstudent) at Siemens AG, Erlangen, Germany (2003, 2001) and other companies
Research:
- Sustainable polymers from renewable resources (focus on terpene-based polyamides and polyesters).
- Biomaterials
- Polymer bioconjugates
- Modified biomacromolecules
Teaching:
- Applied Biopolymers and Biomaterials (Lecture, TU München)
- Chemistry of Materials II (Lecture, University of Salzburg, 2015)
- Macromolecular Chemistry (Lecture, TU München, stand-in)
- Supervision of numerous Master and Bachelor theses and internships
- Internship accompanying teaching

Funding:
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
- Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
- Dr.-Ing. Leonhard Lorenz-Stiftung
- DECHEMA Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e. V.
Professional Memberships and Activities:
- Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh)
- German Academic International Network (GAIN)
- Scientific Reviewer (e.g. for Macromolecular Journals, Monatshefte für Chemie–Chemical Monthly, Biomacromolecules, ACS Macro Letters, Polymer International, Polymers, and other journals)
- Participation in ProLehre courses