QUT | Staff Profiles | Leonie Barner

Name: Professor Leonie Barner
Position(s): Principal Research Fellow
Science and Engineering Faculty,
Chemistry, Physics, Mechanical Engineering,
Molecular Design and Synthesis
Discipline *: Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry
Phone: +61 7 3138 0465
Email: leonie.barner@qut.edu.au
Location: View location details (QUT staff and student access only)
Identifiers and profiles
Qualifications: Dr. rer. Nat (PhD) (University of Gottingen (Universitat zu Gottin)
Keywords: Polymer Chemistry, Surface Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Photochemistry, Radical Polymerisation, Hydrogels

* Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008

Estupinan D, Barner-Kowollik CW, Barner LL, (2018) Counting the clicks in fluorescent polymer networks, Angewandte Chemie (International Edition) p5925-5929
Michalek L, Barner LL, Barner-Kowollik CW, (2018) Polymer on top: Current limits and future perspectives of quantitatively evaluating surface grafting, Advanced Materials p1-18
Michalek L, Mundsinger K, Barner-Kowollik CW, Barner LL, (2019) The long and the short of polymer grafting, Polymer Chemistry p54-59
Cavalli F, Mutlu H, Steinmueller SO, Barner LL, (2017) The para-fluoro-thiol reaction as a powerful tool for precision network synthesis, Polymer Chemistry p3778-3782
Delaittre G, Barner LL, (2018) The para-fluoro-thiol reaction as an efficient tool in polymer chemistry, Polymer Chemistry p2679-2684
Estupinan D, Gegenhuber T, Blinco JP, Barner-Kowollik CW, Barner LL, (2017) Self-reporting fluorescent step-growth RAFT polymers based on nitrile imine-mediated tetrazole-ene cycloaddition chemistry, ACS Macro Letters p229-234
Hooker JP, Delafresnaye LM, Barner LL, Barner-Kowollik CW, (2019) With polymer photoclicks to fluorescent microspheres, Materials Horizons p356-363
Tischer T, Gralla-Koser R, Trouillet V, Barner L, Barner-Kowollik C, Lee-Thedieck C, (2016) Direct mapping of RAFT controlled macromolecular growth on surfaces via single molecule force spectroscopy, ACS Macro Letters p498-503
Barner L, Barner-Kowollik C, (2015) The link that lasts: A new frontier in supramolecular block copolymer design, Angewandte Chemie (International Edition) p11612-11614
Rodriguez-Emmenegger C, Decker A, Surman F, Preuss CM, Sedlakova Z, Zydziak N, Barner-Kowollik C, Schwartz T, Barner L, (2014) Suppressing Pseudomonas aeruginosa adhesion via non-fouling polymer brushes, RSC Advances p64781-64790

Awards and recognition

Type: Recipient of an Australia Council Grant or Australia Council Fellowship
Reference year: 2016
Details: Chief Investigator on ARC Linkage Project 'Nanoparticle driven templating of microspheres as chromatographic materials'

Type: Recipient of an Australia Council Grant or Australia Council Fellowship
Reference year: 2015
Details: Chief Investigator on ARC Discovery Project 'Nitroxide-containing scaffolds for controlling biofilm-related infections'

Type: Funding Award
Reference year: 2016
Details: Granting of an equivalent to a Centre of Excellence (Sonderforschungsbereich) 'Molecular Structuring of Soft Matter' by the German Research Foundation, Founding Member and Board Member as well as Principal Investigator

Type: Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
Reference year: 2018
Details: Invited Speaker at the World Polymer Congress in Cairns, Australia, 1st to 5th July, 2018

Type: Committee Role/Editor or Chair of an Academic Conference
Reference year: 2019
Details: Member of the Standing Committee of the RACI Polymer Division and Member of the Organising Committee of the 37th Australasian Polymer Symposium

Current supervisions

Advanced Polymer Microsphere Design
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Christopher Barner-Kowollik
Visible Light Gated Surface Grafting of Polymers
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Christopher Barner-Kowollik, Dr Hendrik Frisch
In-Depth Understanding of the Folding Behavior of Single-Chain Polymer Nanoparticles
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Christopher Barner-Kowollik, Dr Bryan Tuten
Quantitative Understanding of Reprogrammable Networks and Materials
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Christopher Barner-Kowollik
Quantifying Macromolecular Growth and Hierarchical Structuring on Interfaces
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Christopher Barner-Kowollik
Nanoparticle controlled surface templating of microspheres for use as high resolution chromatographic materials
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Christopher Barner-Kowollik
Advanced microsphere design using photochemistry
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Christopher Barner-Kowollik, Associate Professor Kathryn Fairfull-Smith

Professor Leonie Barner

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