Dr. Alf Mews

Biography

Alf Mews is a full professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Hamburg, where he leads the Mews Research Group. He has a strong focus on the investigation of nucleation and growth processes in colloidal nanoparticles, as well as structure determination of nanoscopic systems utilizing techniques such as X-ray diffraction and high-resolution electron microscopy. His work also involves understanding the attachment and uptake mechanisms of nanoparticles within biological cells, providing insights into structure-property relationships through combined microscopy methods. Mews received his Diploma in Chemical Engineering from Aachen in 1988 and a Diploma in Chemistry from Siegen in 1992. He then joined the group of Prof. Horst Weller at the Hahn-Meitner-Institute in Berlin, where he prepared for his PhD in semiconductor nanocrystals. Following a DFG fellowship, he worked on spectroscopic techniques at the University of California, Berkeley under Prof. Paul Alivisatos, and later advanced single molecule spectroscopy in Munich with Prof. Christian Bräuchle. Mews completed his Habilitation in 2003, focusing on the investigation of nanostructures through microscopic methods. He was appointed to a full professorship at the University of Siegen in 2004 before moving to the University of Hamburg in 2008.

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