Dr. Derk Joester - Northwestern University

Curriculum Vitae Joester 1/6
Dr. Derk Joester
Materials Science and Engineering T: +1 847 491 7443
Cook Hall, 2220 Campus Drive F: +1 847 491 7820
Evanston, IL 60208, USA
d-joester@northwestern.edu
APPOINTMENTS
09/2009- Morris E. Fine Professor of Materials and Manufacturing,
Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
60208.
09/2007- Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern
University, Evanston, IL 60208.
RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
07/2005-06/2007 Minerva Fellow, Dept. Struct. Biol., Weizmann Institute of Science,
Rehovot, Israel.
Advisers: Profs. L. Addadi, B. Geiger (Dept. Molecular Cell Biology), and
M. Elbaum (Dept. Materials and Interfaces).
06/2003-06/2005 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. Struct. Biol., Weizmann Institute of Science,
Rehovot, Israel.
Advisers: Profs. L. Addadi and B. Geiger (Dept. Mol. Cell Biol.)
09/1998-03/2003 Research Assistant, Dept. of Organic Chemistry, ETH Zürich,
Switzerland.
Adviser: Prof. F. Diederich
09/1998-03/2001 Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Organic Chemistry, ETH Zürich,
Switzerland.
EDUCATION
09/1998-03/2003 Ph.D. student, Dept. Organic Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Switzerland.
Adviser: Prof. F. Diederich.
Ph.D. Thesis: “Amphiphilic Dendrimers: Novel Self-Assembling Vectors
for Gene Delivery.”
10/1995-06/1998 Dept. Organic Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Switzerland.
Advisers: Dr. T. Carell, Prof. F. Diederich.
Diploma Thesis: “Synthesis of Model Compounds of Type-II DNA-
Photolyases.”
08/1994-07/1995 Fulbright Scholar, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville TN, USA.
10/1992-07/1994 Dept. of Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Germany.

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PRACTICAL TRAINING AND JOB EXPERIENCE
08/2000-09/2000 Participant, 99 th BASF Summer Course, BASF AG,
Ludwigshafen, Germany.
07/1998-08/1998 Student Researcher, Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany.
02/1997-04/1997 IAESTE Trainee, The Lipid Research Institute, University of
Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Adviser: Prof. Vance
01/1990-12/1991 Lab Technician, Bioferon GmbH, Laupheim, Germany.
AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS
2009 Morris E. Fine Professor in Materials and Manufacturing
2008 Searle Junior Fellow Program Award 2008/2009
2006 Full Scholarship at the GEM 4 Summer School, MIT, Cambridge, MA.
JSP Fellow at the Bürgenstock Conference on Stereochemistry.
2005-2007 Minerva Postdoctoral Fellowship.
2003-2005 Friends of the Weizmann-Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship.
1999-2000 ETH-Scholarship.
1994-1995 Fulbright-Scholar.

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PUBLICATIONS
2011 C.-H. Wu, A. Park, D. Joester J. Am. Chem. Soc. accepted,
“Bioengineering Single Crystal Growth”.
L. Gordon, D. Joester, Nature 2011, 469, 194-197, “Nano-Scale Chemical
Tomography of Buried Organic- Inorganic Interfaces in the Chiton Tooth.”
2007 M. Guillot-Nieckowski, D. Joester, M. Stöhr, M. Losson, M. Adrian, B.
Wagner, M. Kansy, H. Heinzelmann, R. Pugin, F. Diederich, J.-L. Gallani.
Langmuir 2007, 23, 737-746. “Self-assembly, DNA complexation, and pH
response of amphiphilic dendrimers for gene transfection”.
M. Cohen, D. Joester, B. Geiger, L. Addadi. Soft Matter 2007, 3, 327-332.
“Hyaluronan in the pericellular coat: an additional layer of complexity in
early cell adhesion events.”
2006 D. Joester, E. Klein, B. Geiger, L. Addadi. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128,
1119-1124. “Temperature-sensitive micrometer-thick layers of hyaluronan
grafted on microspheres”.
L. Addadi, D. Joester, F. Nudelman, S. Weiner, Chem. Eur. J. 2006, 12,
980-987. “Mollusk shell formation: A source of new concepts for
understanding biomineralization processes”.
2004 D. Joester, V. Gramlich, F. Diederich, Helv. Chim. Acta. 2004, 87, 2896-
2918. “Amphiphilic dendrimers with heteroleptic bis([2,2':
6',2"]terpyridine)-ruthenium(II) cores”.
M. Cohen, D. Joester, B. Geiger, L. Addadi, ChemBioChem 2004, 5, 1393-
1399. “Spatial and temporal sequence of events in cell adhesion: From
molecular recognition to focal adhesion assembly”.
C. Minelli, N. Blondiaux, M. Losson, M. Liley, S. Jeney, C. Hinderling, R.
Pugin, D. Joester, F. Diederich, J. Vancso, M. Hempenius, H.
Heinzelmann, Chimia 2004, 57, 646-650. “Nano-structuring by molecular
self-assembly”.
2003 D. Joester, M. Losson, R. Pugin, H. Heinzelmann, E. Walter, H. P. Merkle,
and F. Diederich, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 1486-1490; Angew.
Chem. 2003, 115, 1524-1528. “Amphiphilic dendrimers: Novel selfassembling
vectors for efficient gene delivery”.

Curriculum Vitae Joester 4/6
PRESENTATIONS 2006-2011
2011 Composites at Lake Louise, Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada.
Invited talk titled: “TBA.”
Tenth International Conference on Materials Chemistry (MC10) 2011,
Manchester, UK. Talk titled "In vitro synthesis and stabilization of amorphous
calcium carbonate (ACC) nanoparticles within liposomes". Talk titled
"Bioengineering Single Crystal Growth". Poster titled "Nano-Scale Chemical
Tomography of Buried Organic-Inorganic Interfaces".
APS March Meeting 2011, Dallas, Texas. Invited talk (New Directions in
Biological Physics Tutorial) titled: “Biomineralization: how living organisms
harness physical and chemical mechanisms to form their hard biomineral
skeletons.”
Hybrid Materials 2011, Strasbourg, France. Talk titled: “Bioengineering Single
Crystal Growth.” Poster titled: “Atom Probe Tomography of Buried Organic-
Inorganic Interfaces in Biominerals.”
2010 International Conference on the Chemistry and Biology of Mineralized
Tissues (ICCBMT), Carefree, AZ. Talk titled: “Atom Probe Tomography of
Buried Organic-Inorganic Interfaces in Biominerals.”
Osaka-Northwestern Workshop on Advanced Structural and Functional
Materials Design, Osaka, Japan. Talk titled: “Bioengineering Single Crystal
Growth.”
17 th International Microscopy Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Two talks titled: “Atom Probe Tomography of Buried Organic-Inorganic
Interfaces in Biominerals.” and “Mechanisms of Selectivity in Biomineralization
of Barium and Strontium.”
Gordon Research Conference on Biomineralization, Colby Sawyer College,
New London, NH. Four posters titled: “Investigating Selective Ba/Sr
Accumulation in Desmid Green Algae for 90 Sr Remediation.”, “Bioengineering
Single Crystal Growth.” – Presented by Ching-Hsuan Wu, “Nanoscale Chemical
Tomography of Buried Organic-Inorganic Interfaces in Biominerals” –
Presented by Lyle Gordon, and “In vitro stabilization of Amorphous Calcium
Carbonate in Liposomes” – Presented by Chantel Tester.
CECAM Workshop: Crystallization: from colloids to pharmaceuticals,
Lausanne, Switzerland. Invited Talk titled: “Stabilization and Processing of
Amorphous Calcium Carbonate (ACC) Nanoparticles in Liposomes.”
XRM 2010 10 th International Conference on X-Ray Microscopy, Chicago
IL, USA. Poster titled: “Investigating Selectivity in Algal Biomineralization
of Barium and Strontium with X-Ray Fluorescence Microscopy.” Presented
by Minna Krejci.
Biological Applications of X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy, Northwestern
University, Chicago, IL. Invited Talk titled: “Sequestration of Sr and Ba in
Desmid Green Algae.”
Gordon Research Conference on Environmental Bioinorganic Chemistry,
Salve Regina University, Newport, RI. Poster titled: “Investigating Selective
Ba/Sr Accumulation in Desmid Green Algae for 90 Sr Remediation.” Presented
by: Minna Krejci.
NUBOP January Meeting, Feinberg Medical School, NU, Chicago, IL. Invited
talk titled: “Imaging Buried Organic-Inorganic Interfaces in Biominerals.”
ASM Chicago Chapter Meeting, Naperville, IL, USA.
Invited Talk titled: “Biological Strategies in Materials Design.”

Curriculum Vitae Joester 5/6
2009 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, USA. Talk titled:
“Atom probe tomography of buried organic-inorganic interfaces.” Presented by:
Lyle Gordon.
Composites at Lake Louise, Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. Invited talk titled:
“Imaging Buried Organic-Inorganic Interfaces in Biominerals.”
Gordon Research Conference on Biomineralization, Colby Sawyer College,
New London NH, USA. Poster titled: “In vitro stabilization of amorphous
calcium carbonate within phospholipid vesicles.” Presented by: Chantel Tester.
Argonne Users Week, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne IL, USA.
Poster titled: “Investigating Selectivity in Biomineralization of Barium and
Strontium with the X-Ray Fluorescence Microprobe.” Presented by: Minna
Krejci.
BioAmorPhys, The Max Planck Summer School on Amorphous Solids in
Physics and Biology, Neuhardenberg, Germany. Poster titled: “In vitro
stabilization of amorphous calcium carbonate within phospholipid vesicles.”
Presented by: Chantel Tester.
Gordon Research Conference on Cell Biology of Metals, Salve Regina
University, Newport RI, USA. Poster titled: “Selectivity in Biomineralization of
Barium and Strontium in Desmid Green Algae.” Presented by: Minna Krejci.
Northwestern University, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Departmental Seminar, Chicago IL, USA. Invited talk titled “Imaging Buried
Organic-Inorganic Interfaces in a Biological Composite Using Atom Probe
Tomography”.
Illinois Institute of Technology, Biophysics Departmental Seminar, Chicago
IL, USA. Invited talk titled: “Investigating Highly Hydrated Matrices In Cell
Adhesion and Biomineralization.
2008 Gordon Research Conference on Biomineralization, Colby Sawyer College,
New London NH, USA. Poster titled: “Bioengineering Single Crystal Growth.”
Presented by: Ching-Hsuan Wu. Poster titled: “Selectivity in Ba 2+ and Sr 2+
Transport.”
Northwestern University, Biomedical Engineering Departmental Seminar,
Evanston IL, USA. “Investigating Highly Hydrated Matrices In Cell Adhesion
and Biomineralization”.
Northwestern University, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Departmental Seminar, Evanston IL, USA. “Investigating Highly Hydrated
Matrices In Cell Adhesion and Biomineralization”.
2007 Northwestern University, Mechanical Engineering Departmental Seminar,
Evanston IL, USA. “Investigating Highly Hydrated Matrices In Cell Adhesion
and Biomineralization”.
Northwestern University, Materials Science and Engineering Departmental
Seminar, Evanston IL, USA. Talk titled “Wet Look: Investigating Highly
Hydrated Matrices in Cell Adhesion and Biomineralization.”
Max Planck Junior Research Groups Symposium, Munich, Germany.
Talk titled “Probing the Structural Organization of Hyaluronan in the
Pericellular Matrix: a Combined Chemical and Biophysical Approach.”
Princeton University, Chemical Engineering Departmental Seminar,
Princeton NJ, USA. Talk titled “Wet Look: Investigating Highly Hydrated
Matrices in Cell Adhesion and Biomineralization.”
72 nd Israel Chemical Society Meeting, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Talk titled “Chemical and Mechanical Probing of the Structural Organization of
Hyaluronan in the Pericellular Matrix.”

Curriculum Vitae Joester 6/6
2007 1 st Minerva Fellows Meeting, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Talk titled: “Wet Look: Investigating Highly Hydrated Matrices In Cell Adhesion
and Biomineralization.”
EPFL Lausanne Chemistry Colloquium, EPFL Lausanne, Lausanne,
Switzerland. Talk titled: “wet look: hydrated matter in biological matrices in cell
adhesion & biomineralization.”
2006 GEM 4 Summer School on Cell and Molecular Mechanics in Biomedicine,
MIT, Cambridge MA, USA. Talk titled “Chemical, Biological, and Physical
Approaches to Probing the Pericellular Coat.”
Gordon Research Conference Biomineralizationn, Colby Sawyer College,
New London NH, USA.
Poster titled: “wet look: hydrated matter in biological matrices in cell adhesion
& biomineralization.”
Clore Seminar on Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot,
Israel. Talk titled “Chemical, Biological, and Physical Approaches to Probing
the Pericellular Coat.”
41 st EUCHEM Bürgenstock Conference on Stereochemistry, Bürgenstock,
Switzerland. JSP Short Talk & Poster titled “Structure and Function of
Hyaluronan in the Pericellular Matrix.”