Levkin Research Group of Biofunctional Materials

		Prof. Dr. Levkin is head of the Biofunctional Materials Systems research group at the Institute of Biological and Chemical Systems (IBCS-FMS) and Institute of Organic Chemistry (IOC) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany. He graduated from the Institute of Fine Chemical Technology, Moscow and obtained his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Tübingen in Germany, followed by postdoctoral work at the University of California, Berkeley. Pavel Levkin is the cofounder of ScreenFect GmbH and Aquarray GmbH. His research focuses on the development of functional and responsive materials, and surfaces for biomedical and biotechnological applications.   Google Scholar   ResearchID   ORCID  Researchgate

Education and Research Experience

Funding (selected grants)

Reviewing Activities

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER

Advanced Biology (IF 3.6, Wiley-VCH), Materials Today Bio (IF 7.4, Elsevier), Advanced Functional Materials (IF 18.8, Wiley-VCH), Small Structures (IF 11.5, Wiley-VCH), Advanced Materials Interfaces (IF 6.2, Wiley-VCH).

2020 CO-ORGANIZER, SPECIAL ISSUE IN ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

"Assembly of Materials Building Blocks into Integrated Complex Functional Systems", co-organized with Joana Aizenberg (Harvard University) and with 22 articles.
2009-PRESENT

REVIEWER

JACS, Nature Communication, Analytical Chemistry, Angewandte Chemie, Biointerphases, Chemical Communication, Journal of the Materials Chemistry, Nano Letters, Acta Biomaterialia, Advanced Functional Materials, Drug Research, Green Chemistry, Macromolecular Bioscience, Advanced Materials, Biomaterials, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, ACS Nano, Advanced Healthcare Materials, Langmuir, Advanced Materials Interfaces, Biomacromolecules, Drug Research, European Polymer Journal, Journal of Chromatography A, Journal of Separation Science, Macromolecular Bioscience, Macromolecular Rapid Communication, Science, Scientific Reports, Small.

Supervision of Graduate Students and Postdoctorl Fellows

• 2009-PRESENT
  GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
  Postdocs (5 active, 13 total), PhD (14 active, 19 graduated), M.Sc. students (4 active, 17 graduated), visiting students (> 40).

• 2009-PRESENT
  VISITING PROFESSORS AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS
  Prof. S. Azizian (Bu-Ali Sina University, Iran), Assoc. Prof. X. Zhu (Yantai University, China), Assoc. Prof. J. Hoon Byeon (Yeungnam University, South Korea), Assoc. Prof. M. R. Molla (University of Calcutta, India).

Teaching Activities

• 2020-PRESENT
  LECTURE, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FOR ENGINEERS
  Lecture in the Institute of Organic Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany.
  

• 2014-PRESENT
  COLLOQIUM, ADVANCED ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
  Colloquium in the Institute of Organic Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany.
  

• 2014-PRESENT
  LECTURE, BIOFUNCTIONAL MATERIALS AND NANOPARTICLES
  Lecture in the Institute of Organic Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany.
  

• 2010-2020
  SEMINAR, POLYMER CHEMISTRY AND SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION
  Seminar in the Biointerfaces Graduate School, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany.
  

• 2009-2012
  COLLOQIUM, PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
  Colloquium at the Ruprecht-Karls University, Germany.

Organisation of Scientific Meetings and Selcted Invited Talks

• 2022 MARCH
  INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD, CIMTEC
  “Advanced Materials Nanobiotechnology”

• 2018 MARCH
  INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD, CIMTEC
  “Advanced Materials Nanobiotechnology”

• 2017 MARCH
  CO-ORGANIZER, BM10—BIOINSPIRED INTERFACIAL MATERIALS WITH SUPERWETTABILITY
  Symposium of the Materials Research Society (MRS). Co-organized with Robin Ras (Aalto University, Finland), Shutao Wang (CAS Beijing, China), and Haeshin Lee (KAIST, Korea) in Boston (USA).

• 2021 NOVEMBER
  INVITED TALK, WPI-MANA, NIMS
  “3D printing of superhydrophobic objects with bulk nanostructure".

• 2021 NOVEMBER
  INVITED TALK, SKOLTECH UNIVERSITY MOSCOW, INSTITUTES SEMINAR
  Design and synthesis of functional surfaces and patterns for biological applications.

• 2021 OCTOBER
  INVITED TALK, 3M, COMPANY SEMINAR
  Design and synthesis of functional surfaces and patterns for biological applications.

• 2021 SEPTEMBER
  INVITED TALK, UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI, INSTITUTES SEMINAR
  Design and synthesis of functional surfaces and patterns for biological applications.

• 2021 MAY
  INVITED TALK, WEBINAR, BRUKER
  “Droplet Microarrays – Readout by MALDI imaging”

• 2020 NOVEMBER
  KEYNOTE LECTURE, 3RD WORLD LAUREATES FORUM, SHANGHAI
  Biology and Medicine Session III: Multifunctional materials systems.

• 2020 SEPTEMBER
  INVITED TALK, “WETTING DYNAMICS”, MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH
  Patterned lubricant-infused surfaces: preparation and applications

• 2020 MAY
  INVITED TALK, “MATTER TO LIFE”, LECTURE SERIES, RUPRECHT-KARLS UNIVERSITY, HEIDELBERG,
  “Designing Complex Biofunctional Materials through the combination of opposite properties”

• 2020 JANUARY
  INVITED TALK, “INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SUPERWETTABILITY”, SINGAPORE
  “Virtual all-liquid surface tension-confined channels based on patterned lubricant-infused surfaces”

   

Institutional Resposibilities

• 2020-PRESENT
  MEMBER COORDINATION COMITTEE, “3DMM2O”
  Excellence cluster “3D matter made to order”

• 2018-PRESENT
  CO-ORGANIZER, INSTITUTES SEMINAR
  Weekly seminar for the interdisciplinary exchange between research groups of the Institute of Biological and Chemical Systems – Functional Molecular Systems.

Membership of Scientific Societies

• 2010-PRESENT
  MEMBER, BIOINTERFACES INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE SCHOOL (BIF-IGS)
  The Graduate School provides a structured PhD program for doctoral researchers. It aims to attract outstanding students and to offer research opportunities, education and training in the trans- and multi-disciplinary research areas including biology, chemistry, physics, engineering and informatics.
  

• 2007-2012
  MEMBER, AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY.

Fellowships, Awards and Prizes

• 2021 NEULAND INNOVATION CONTEST 1ST PRIZE Prize awarded to ©Aquarray (link).
• 2020 HEISENBERG PROFESSORSHIP DFG
• 2017 SCIENCE4LIFE VENTURE CUP Prize awarded to ©Aquarray (link).
• 2015 HEINZ-MEYER LEIBNITZ PRIZE Early-career award for researchers in Germany. Awarded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Highlighted by the DFG (link) and in Angewandte Chemie (link).
• 2014 EWALD-WICKE PRIZE Awarded by the German Bunsen Society of Physical Chemistry from the Ewald Wicke Foundation “for outstanding work in the field of the production of structured superhydrophobic-superhydrophilic surfaces and their applications in cell biology and microfluidics.” Highlighted in Angewandte Chemie (link) and ChemistryViews (link).
• 2006 ERNST-BAYER PRIZE Awarded by the German Chemical Society (GDCh) for an excellent article in the field of analytical separation techniques.