QUT | Staff Profiles | Leonie Barner

Name: Professor Leonie Barner
Position(s): Principal Research Fellow
Science and Engineering Faculty,
School of Chemistry & Physics
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 C, Barner L, (2018) Counting the clicks in fluorescent polymer networks, Angewandte Chemie (International Edition) p5925-5929
Michalek L, Barner L, Barner-Kowollik C, (2018) Polymer on top: Current limits and future perspectives of quantitatively evaluating surface grafting, Advanced Materials p1-18
Michalek L, Mundsinger K, Barner-Kowollik C, Barner L, (2019) The long and the short of polymer grafting, Polymer Chemistry p54-59
Cavalli F, Mutlu H, Steinmueller S, Barner L, (2017) The para-fluoro-thiol reaction as a powerful tool for precision network synthesis, Polymer Chemistry p3778-3782
Delaittre G, Barner L, (2018) The para-fluoro-thiol reaction as an efficient tool in polymer chemistry, Polymer Chemistry p2679-2684
Estupinan D, Gegenhuber T, Blinco J, Barner-Kowollik C, Barner L, (2017) Self-reporting fluorescent step-growth RAFT polymers based on nitrile imine-mediated tetrazole-ene cycloaddition chemistry, ACS Macro Letters p229-234
Hooker J, Delafresnaye L, Barner L, Barner-Kowollik C, (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 C, 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

Grafting-to reaction drivers in model self-assembling monolayer systems.
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Christopher Barner-Kowollik, Dr Josh Lipton-Duffin
In-Depth Understanding of the Folding Behavior of Single-Chain Polymer Nanoparticles
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Christopher Barner-Kowollik, Dr Bryan Tuten
System dynamics analysis for sustainable management of plastic waste in Australia: Optimization of local recycling and markets through identification of key leverage points
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Manuela Taboada
Advanced Polymer Microsphere Design
PhD, Principal 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
Photocycloadditions as tools for particle synthesis
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Christopher Barner-Kowollik, Associate Professor Kathryn Fairfull-Smith

Completed supervisions (Doctorate)

Quantifying Macromolecular Growth and Hierarchical Structuring on Interfaces (2020)

Professor Leonie Barner

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