Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Chemo- and Biosensors, University of Regensbug

Curriculum Vitae

Status
Name	Otto S. Wolfbeis
Born	1947 in Graz, Austria
Affiliation	University of Regensburg Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Chemo- and Biosensors D-93040 Regensburg, Germany
Phone	+49-941-943-4065
FAX	+49-941-943-4064
E-mail	otto.wolfbeis@chemie.uni-r.de
Web	www.wolfbeis.de
Present Status	Professor Emeritus of Analytical and Interface Chemistry
Professional Experience
1972 - 1974	Post-doctoral fellow at the Max-Planck-Institute for Radiation Chemistry, Muelheim (Germany) with Prof. Koerner von Gustorf
1976 - 1977	Post-doc at the Technical University Berlin with Prof. E. Lippert
1977 - 1987	Assistant Professor at Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria
1987 - 1995	Associate Professor at KFU Graz
1990 - 1993	Founding Director of the Institute of Optical Sensors, Joanneum Research, Graz
1995 - 2012	Full Professor of Analytical and Interface Chemistry at the University of Regensburg (UoR)
Teaching
	(Bio)analytical Chemistry, Chemical Sensor and Biosensor Technology, Fluorescent Probes, Conjugation and Immobilization, Interface Chemistry, Nanomaterials
Administration
1995 - 2012	Director of Institute
1998 - 2000, 2007 - 2009	Member of the Senate of the UoR
1998 - 2012	Head of Laboratory for Environmental Radioactivity (URA)
2000 - 2002	Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
2002 - 2005	Head of the Center for Postgraduate Education of the UoR
2002 - 2003	Vice Rector of the UoR
2004 - 2008	Regensburg Representative of the Bavarian Elite Academy
Research
General	Chemical and biochemical sensing schemes, analytical (laser induced) fluorescence spectrometry, design of fluorescent probes and labels including metal-ligand complexes, fluorescence imaging, new polymers and sensor materials including carbon dots, graphenes, fullerenes and photon upconversion materials; surface plasmon resonance based sensing.
By application	Sensors for use in clinical settings and in biotechnology, in disposable or microplate format, immunoassays and hybridization assays, high-throughput screening, sensors for dermatology
Patents	named (co)inventor of 51 patens (Eur, US, Jpn)
Papers	> 550, h-index 67 (according to harzing.com; March 2013)
Books edited	(a) Fiber Optic Chemical Sensors and Biosensors, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1991, vols. 1 & 2; (b)Fluorescence Spectroscopy: New Methods and Applications, Springer, 1993; (c) Near-Infrared Dyes for High Technology Applications, S. Daehne, U. Resch-Genger, O. S. Wolfbeis, Kluwer, 1998; (d) Optical Sensors for Industrial, Environmental and Clinical Applications, R. Narayanaswamy, O. S. Wolfbeis (eds.), Springer, 2004.
Other Activities
Editor-in-Chief	of Microchimica Acta (2002 - present) of the Springer Series on Methods and Applications of Fluorescence (1999 - 2013) of the Springer Series on Chemical Sensors and Biosensors (2000 - 2006) of Methods and Applications of Fluorescence (IOP, London; 2012 - present)
Curatorship	Angewandte Chemie (2006 - present)
Journal Boards	several
Chairman	(a) of the Permanent Steering Committee of the Conference Series on Methods and Applications of Fluorescence (1989 - 2011); this conference series was founded by O. S. Wolfbeis in 1989; (b) of the Permanent Steering Committee of the Conference Series on Optical Sensors and Biosensors ("Europt(r)ode") (1992 - 2008); this conference series was founded by O. S. Wolfbeis in 1992.
Companies	Founder, and Chairman of the Board, of Chromeon GmbH (2001 – 2005); now Active Motif Chromeon GmbH
Honors	Sandoz Prize (1982); Feigl Prize for Microanalysis (1987); Merck Prize (1989); Friedrich-Emich Medal (Austrian Chem. Soc.; 1996); Japanese Honorary Lectureship Award (2003); Křižík Medal (Czech. Acad. Sci.; 2010); Lu Jiaxi Lectureship Award (Xiamen University; 2012); Hanuš Medal (Czech Chemical Society; 2012); Clemens Winkler Medal (German Chem. Soc.; 2013)