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SAB Member 2025-2028

Thomas Hellweg is Professor of Physical and Biophysical Chemistry at Bielefeld University. He is also the dean of the Faculty of Chemistry at Bielefeld University. The main research interests of the Hellweg group are smart microgels and smart microgel based materials (e.g. smart membranes for electrochemical applications), microemulsions confined in porous materials, polymer surfactant interactions, membrane biophysics with a focus of lipid bilayer interaction with saponins (saponins are plant based bio-surfactants with usually very strong pharmaceutical activity).