Sabine Ludwigs

Sabine Ludwigs
Ludwigs at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies in 2018
Born	1978 (age 47–48) Cologne
Education	University of Bayreuth
Scientific career
Workplaces	University of Cambridge University of Freiburg University of Stuttgart
Thesis	Complex nanostructures in triblock terpolymer thin films (2004)

Sabine Ludwigs (born 1978) is a German chemist who is a full professor at the University of Stuttgart. Her research considers conductive molecular materials for technologies including organic electronics and actuators. She investigates the functional properties (optical, electronic, electrochemical) of conductive polymers.

Early life and education

Ludwigs was born in Cologne. She was an undergraduate student at the University of Bayreuth, where she remained for her doctoral research in physical chemistry. Her research involved investigations into the complex nanostructures that form in triblock terpolymer thin films. She moved to the University of Cambridge as a postdoctoral researcher, where she spent two years.

Research and career

In 2006, Ludwigs established her own research group at the Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry at the University of Freiburg. She was a Junior Fellow and awarded an Emmy Noether Fellowship. She spent four years in the Freiburg Material Research Center before moving to the University of Stuttgart as Full Professor of Structure and Properties of Polymeric Materials.

Ludwigs' research considers semiconducting molecular materials for next-generation technologies, including organic electronics and soft robotics. She investigates how molecular design impacts the functional properties of materials and structure-function relationships (e.g. how structure and morphology impacts optical and electronic properties). Alongside electrons, molecular materials can enable ionic transport, which makes them valuable materials for bioelectronics, personalised therapeutics and wearable medical devices.

Since 2020 she has served as Associate Editor of Macromolecules.

Fellowships and awards

• 2002 Award of the Otto-Warburg-Chemiestiftung
• 2006 Awards for excellent research work, Otto-Röhm-Gedächtnisstiftung
• 2007 Invited Professorship, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg
• 2008 Junior Fellow in the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
• 2008 Emmy Noether Group of the German Research Association
• 2008 Elite stipend of the Baden-Württemberg-Foundation
• 2009 Eugen-Graetz Award
• 2016 Invited Professorship, Ecole Polytechnique, LabEx CHARMMMAT

Selected publications

• Jürgen Heinze; Bernardo A Frontana-Uribe; Sabine Ludwigs (2010). "Electrochemistry of conducting polymers--persistent models and new concepts". Chemical Reviews. 110 (8): 4724–4771. doi:10.1021/cr900226k. PMID 20557047. Wikidata Q84428688. {{Cite Q}}: Missing first/last names in Wikidata for Jürgen Heinze, Bernardo A Frontana-Uribe, Sabine Ludwigs  (help)
• Edward J W Crossland; Kamperman, Marleen; Mihaela Nedelcu; et al. (2009). "A bicontinuous double gyroid hybrid solar cell". Nano Letters. 9 (8): 2807–2812. doi:10.1021/nl803174p. PMID 19007289. Wikidata Q47236233. {{Cite Q}}: Missing first/last names in Wikidata for Edward J W Crossland, Mihaela Nedelcu (help)
• Sabine Ludwigs; Böker, Alexander; Andrej Voronov; Nicolaus Rehse; Magerle, Robert; Krausch, Georg (2003). "Self-assembly of functional nanostructures from ABC triblock copolymers". Nature Materials. 2 (11): 744–747. doi:10.1038/nmat997. PMID 14578880. Wikidata Q58216620. {{Cite Q}}: Missing first/last names in Wikidata for Sabine Ludwigs , Andrej Voronov, Nicolaus Rehse (help)

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