Ass. Prof. Dr. Annette Andrieu-Brunsen

// studied chemistry in Marburg and completed her ­doctoral studies from 2007 to 2010 at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz

// During her doctoral research, she worked on designing swellable polymer networks for biosensors

// This was followed by a period of ­research in Buenos Aires (Argentina), where she first worked on the functionalization of ­porous materials

// This resulted in her ­burgeoning interest in polymerization reactions at the nanoscopic scale and the control of pore accessibility

// In 2011, Dr. Andrieu-Brunsen ­accepted the post of Associate Professor of Chemistry at TU Darmstadt, where she now heads the "Smart Membranes" research group

// In December last year, Dr. Andrieu-Brunsen also received the Adolf Messer Prize – TU Darmstadt's most highly-endowed prize for science – for her research project investigating the nanoscale control of chemical reactions on ceramic membranes