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Rein Ulijn

Rein Ulijn

Professor

Professor Rein Ulijn in the Department of Chemistry teaches courses in nanotechnology. His research focus is nanoscale chemistry, biochemistry and physical chemistry.

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Rein Ulijn received a MS from the Wageningen University, Netherlands and a PhD from Strathclyde University, UK. He did his postdoc at the University of Edinburgh. At Hunter College he teaches courses in nanotechnology and conducts research on the development of minimalistic molecular materials and systems that are inspired by biology and have unique properties, such as adaptability, molecular recognition and programmability.

Educational Background

  • Wageningen University, Netherlands (MS 1998)
  • Strathclyde University, UK (PhD 2001)
  • University of Edinburgh (Postdoc.)

 

Courses

Courses taught have included:

  • CHEM 36000  Introduction to Nanotechnology

Research

Research Statement

The Ulijn Lab is focused on the use of simple versions of the molecular building blocks of life to produce materials and systems with controllable structural, photonic, electronic, and biological properties. These properties open up wide-ranging applications in energy, biomedicine, environmental protection, food, cosmetics, and personal care.

Selected Publications

  • M. Kumar, N.L. Ing, V. Narang, N. Wijerathne, A.I. Hochbaum and R.V. Ulijn, Amino Acid-Encoded Biocatalytic Self-Assembly Enables the Formation of Transient Conducting Nanostructures, Nat. Chem., 2018, 10, 696-703. doi:10.1038/s41557-018-0047-2
  • A. Lampel, Scott A. McPhee, H.-A. Park, G.G. Scott, S. Humagain, D.R. Hekstra, B. Yoo, P.W.J.M. Frederix, T.-D. Li, R.R. Abzalimov, S.G. Greenbaum, T.Tuttle, C. Hu, C.J. Bettinger and R.V. Ulijn, Polymeric Peptide Pigments with Sequence-encoded Properties, Science, 2017, 356, 1064. doi:10.1126/science.aal5005
  • C.G. Pappas, R. Shafi, I.R. Sasselli, H. Siccardi, T. Wang, V. Narang, R. Abzalimov, N. Wijerathne and R.V. Ulijn, Dynamic Peptide Libraries for the Discovery of Supramolecular Nanomaterials, Nat. Nanotechnol., 2016, 11, 960. doi: 10.1038/nnano.2016.169
  • P.W.J.M. Frederix, G.G. Scott, Y.M. Abul-Haija, D. Kalafatovic, C.G. Pappas, N. Javid, N.T. Hunt, R.V. Ulijn and T. Tuttle, Exploring the Sequence Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design and Discover New Hydrogels, Nat. Chem., 2015, 7, 30-37. 10.1038/nchem.2122
  • A.R Hirst, S. Roy, M. Arora, A.K. Das, N. Hodson, P. Murray, N. Javid, J. Sefcik, J. Boekhoven, J.H. van Esch, S. Santabarbara, N.T. Hunt and R.V. Ulijn, Biocatalytic Induction of Supramolecular Order, Nature Chemistry, 2010, 2, 1089-1094. doi.org/10.1038/nchem.861
  • R.J. Williams, A.M. Smith, R. Collins, N. Hodson, A.K. Das, R.V. Ulijn, Enzyme Assisted Self-Assembly under Thermodynamic Control, Nature Nanotechnology, 2009, 4, 19-24. doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.378

Contact Details

Rein Ulijn

Chemistry
85 St. Nicholas Terrace ASRC
(212) 413-3382
rein.ulijn@asrc.cuny.edu

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