Stefan Matile
Stefan Matile received both Diploma (1989) and PhD (1994) from the University of Zurich for research on the bioorganic chemistry of porphyrins under the direction of Wolf Woggon. After a postdoc on the circular dichroism spectroscopy of porphyrins with Koji Nakanishi at Columbia University, New York (1994-1996), he joined the faculty of Georgetown University, Washington DC, as an Assistant Professor. In 1999, he moved to the University of Geneva, where he is currently Full Professor in the Department of Organic Chemistry and the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) in Chemical Biology. He is an ERC Advanced Investigator.
Research Interests details
At the interface of synthetic organic, biological and supramolecular materials chemistry. Emphasis is on large molecules and supramolecular systems that are synthesized from scratch, have interesting functions, and address lessons from nature. Current topics include synthetic photosystems, transport and sensing in lipid bilayer membranes, cellular uptake and exotic interactions in action.
Recent Key Publications
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Sakai, N.; Lista, M.; Kel, O.; Sakurai, S.; Emery, D.; Mareda, J.; Vauthey, E.; Matile, S. “Self-Organizing Surface-Initiated Polymerization: Facile Access to Complex Functional Systems”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 15224-15227.
Lista, M.; Areephong, J.; Sakai, N.; Matile, S. “Lateral Self-Sorting on Surfaces: A Practical Approach to Double-Channel Photosystems”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 15228-15231.
Takeuchi, T.; Montenegro, J.; Hennig, A.; Matile S. “Pattern Generation with Synthetic Sensing Systems in Lipid Bilayer Membranes”, Chem. Sci. 2011, 2, 303-307.
Dawson, R. E.; Hennig, A.; Weimann, D. P.; Emery, D.; Ravikumar, V.; Montenegro, J.; Takeuchi, T.; Gabutti, S.; Mayor, M.; Mareda, J.; Schalley, C. A.; Matile, S. “Experimental Evidence for the Functional Relevance of Anion-π Interactions”, Nature Chem. 2010, 2, 533-538.
Takeuchi, T.; Matile, S. “DNA Aptamers as Analyte-Responsive Cation Transporters in Fluorogenic Vesicles: Signal Amplification by Supramolecular Polymerization”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 18048-18049.
Bhosale, S.; Sisson, A. L.; Talukdar, P.; Fürstenberg, A.; Banerji, N.; Vauthey, E.; Bollot, G.; Mareda, J.; Röger, C.; Würthner, F.; Sakai, N.; Matile, S. “Photoproduction of Proton Gradients with π-Stacked Fluorophore Scaffolds in Lipid Bilayers”, Science 2006, 313, 84-86.
