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Thorben Cordes

Professorship:

Biophysical Chemistry, 1 September 2024

To the Professorship

Department:

Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Studies and doctorate:

  • 2008: PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in Biophysics, Faculty of Physics, LMU München, Germany
  • 2005: Diploma in Chemistry (Dipl. Chem.), Faculty of Life Sciences, TU Braunschweig, Germany
The portrait photo shows Thorben Cordes in a light blue shirt. A brick wall and a black railing can be seen blurred in the background. © Ralf Maserski​/​TU Dortmund University

Stages:

  • 2017-2024: Professor for Physical and Synthetic Biology, Faculty of Biology, LMU München, Germany
  • 2011-2017: Assistant and tenured Associate Professor for Biophysics, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Netherlands
  • 2010-2011: Postdoc in Biophysics with Achillefs Kapanidis, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, UK
  • 2008-2009: Postdoc in Biophysics with Philip Tinnefeld, Faculty of Physics, LMU München, Germany

Focus in research:

  • Fluorescence microscopy and optical spectroscopy
  • Optical single-molecule detection and super-resolution imaging
  • Spectroscopy of fluorescent dyes and chromophores
  • Biochemistry and biophysics of (membrane transport) proteins