Dr. Derk Joester - Northwestern University

Curriculum Vitae Joester 2/6PRACTICAL TRAINING AND JOB EXPERIENCE08/2000-09/2000 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 ofAlberta, Edmonton, Canada.Adviser: Prof. Vance01/1990-12/1991 Lab Technician, Bioferon GmbH, Laupheim, Germany.AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS2009 Morris E. Fine Professor in Materials and Manufacturing2008 Searle Junior Fellow Program Award 2008/20092006 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.

Curriculum Vitae Joester 3/6PUBLICATIONS2011 C. C. Tester, R. E. Brock, C.-H. Wu, M. R. Krejci, S. Weigand, and D.Joester, CrystEngComm available online, “In vitro synthesis andstabilization of amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) nanoparticles withinliposomes.” DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05153A.M. R. Krejci, L. Finney, S. Vogt, and D. Joester, ChemSusChem 2011, 4,470-473. “Selective sequestration of strontium in desmid green algae bybiogenic co-precipitation with barite”. DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201000448.C.-H. Wu, A. Park, and D. Joester, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 33, 1658–1661, “Bioengineering Single Cystal Growth”. DOI: 10.1021/ja109500e.L. Gordon, D. Joester, Nature 2011, 469, 194-197, “Nano-Scale ChemicalTomography of Buried Organic- Inorganic Interfaces in the Chiton Tooth.”DOI:10.1038/nature09686.2007 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 pHresponse 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 inearly 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 hyaluronangrafted 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 forunderstanding 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: Frommolecular 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 molecularself-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 selfassemblingvectors for efficient gene delivery”.

Curriculum Vitae Joester 4/6PRESENTATIONS 2006-20112011 Composites at Lake Louise, Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada.Invited talk titled: “TBA.”11 th International Symposium on Biomineralization 2011, Queensland,Australia. Talk titled: “Bioengineering Single Crystal Growth”; Talk titled:“TBA” – Presented by Lyle Gordon; Talk titled: “TBA” – Presented by MinnaKrejci.Tenth International Conference on Materials Chemistry (MC10) 2011,Manchester, UK. Talk titled "In vitro synthesis and stabilization of amorphouscalcium carbonate (ACC) nanoparticles within liposomes". Talk titled"Bioengineering Single Crystal Growth". Poster titled "Nano-Scale ChemicalTomography of Buried Organic-Inorganic Interfaces".Enamel VIII, Starved Rock Lodge Utica, IL. Talk titled: “TBA”University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. Seminar talk titled:“From Ions and Molecules to Functional Tissues: Bioengineering Single CrystalGrowth and Chemical Nanotomography of Biominerals”.Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA.Seminar talk titled: “From Ions and Molecules to Functional Tissues:Bioengineering Single Crystal Growth and Chemical Nanotomography ofBiominerals”.APS March Meeting 2011, Dallas, Texas. Invited talk (New Directions inBiological Physics Tutorial) titled: “Biomineralization: how living organismsharness physical and chemical mechanisms to form their hard biomineralskeletons.”Max Planck Institute Stuttgart 2011, Invited talk titled: “BionegineeringSingle Crystal Growth”.Hybrid Materials 2011, Strasbourg, France. Talk titled: “Bioengineering SingleCrystal Growth.” Poster titled: “Atom Probe Tomography of Buried Organic-Inorganic Interfaces in Biominerals.”2010 International Conference on the Chemistry and Biology of MineralizedTissues (ICCBMT), Carefree, AZ. Talk titled: “Atom Probe Tomography ofBuried Organic-Inorganic Interfaces in Biominerals.”Osaka-Northwestern Workshop on Advanced Structural and FunctionalMaterials Design, Osaka, Japan. Talk titled: “Bioengineering Single CrystalGrowth.”17 th International Microscopy Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Two talks titled: “Atom Probe Tomography of Buried Organic-InorganicInterfaces in Biominerals.” and “Mechanisms of Selectivity in Biomineralizationof Barium and Strontium.”Gordon Research Conference on Biomineralization, Colby Sawyer College,New London, NH. Four posters titled: “Investigating Selective Ba/SrAccumulation in Desmid Green Algae for 90 Sr Remediation.”, “BioengineeringSingle Crystal Growth.” – Presented by Ching-Hsuan Wu, “Nanoscale ChemicalTomography of Buried Organic-Inorganic Interfaces in Biominerals” –Presented by Lyle Gordon, and “In vitro stabilization of Amorphous CalciumCarbonate in Liposomes” – Presented by Chantel Tester.CECAM Workshop: Crystallization: from colloids to pharmaceuticals,Lausanne, Switzerland. Invited Talk titled: “Stabilization and Processing ofAmorphous Calcium Carbonate (ACC) Nanoparticles in Liposomes.”

Curriculum Vitae Joester 5/6XRM 2010 10 th International Conference on X-Ray Microscopy, ChicagoIL, USA. Poster titled: “Investigating Selectivity in Algal Biomineralizationof Barium and Strontium with X-Ray Fluorescence Microscopy.” Presentedby Minna Krejci.Biological Applications of X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy, NorthwesternUniversity, Chicago, IL. Invited Talk titled: “Sequestration of Sr and Ba inDesmid Green Algae.”Gordon Research Conference on Environmental Bioinorganic Chemistry,Salve Regina University, Newport, RI. Poster titled: “Investigating SelectiveBa/Sr Accumulation in Desmid Green Algae for 90 Sr Remediation.” Presentedby: Minna Krejci.NUBOP January Meeting, Feinberg Medical School, NU, Chicago, IL. Invitedtalk titled: “Imaging Buried Organic-Inorganic Interfaces in Biominerals.”ASM Chicago Chapter Meeting, Naperville, IL, USA.Invited Talk titled: “Biological Strategies in Materials Design.”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 amorphouscalcium 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 andStrontium with the X-Ray Fluorescence Microprobe.” Presented by: MinnaKrejci.BioAmorPhys, The Max Planck Summer School on Amorphous Solids inPhysics and Biology, Neuhardenberg, Germany. Poster titled: “In vitrostabilization of amorphous calcium carbonate within phospholipid vesicles.”Presented by: Chantel Tester.Gordon Research Conference on Cell Biology of Metals, Salve ReginaUniversity, Newport RI, USA. Poster titled: “Selectivity in Biomineralization ofBarium and Strontium in Desmid Green Algae.” Presented by: Minna Krejci.Northwestern University, Chemical and Biological EngineeringDepartmental Seminar, Chicago IL, USA. Invited talk titled “Imaging BuriedOrganic-Inorganic Interfaces in a Biological Composite Using Atom ProbeTomography”.Illinois Institute of Technology, Biophysics Departmental Seminar, ChicagoIL, USA. Invited talk titled: “Investigating Highly Hydrated Matrices In CellAdhesion 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 Adhesionand Biomineralization”.Northwestern University, Civil and Environmental EngineeringDepartmental Seminar, Evanston IL, USA. “Investigating Highly HydratedMatrices In Cell Adhesion and Biomineralization”.

Curriculum Vitae Joester 6/62007 Northwestern University, Mechanical Engineering Departmental Seminar,Evanston IL, USA. “Investigating Highly Hydrated Matrices In Cell Adhesionand Biomineralization”.Northwestern University, Materials Science and Engineering DepartmentalSeminar, Evanston IL, USA. Talk titled “Wet Look: Investigating HighlyHydrated Matrices in Cell Adhesion and Biomineralization.”Max Planck Junior Research Groups Symposium, Munich, Germany.Talk titled “Probing the Structural Organization of Hyaluronan in thePericellular Matrix: a Combined Chemical and Biophysical Approach.”Princeton University, Chemical Engineering Departmental Seminar,Princeton NJ, USA. Talk titled “Wet Look: Investigating Highly HydratedMatrices in Cell Adhesion and Biomineralization.”72 nd Israel Chemical Society Meeting, Tel Aviv, Israel.Talk titled “Chemical and Mechanical Probing of the Structural Organization ofHyaluronan in the Pericellular Matrix.”2007 1 st Minerva Fellows Meeting, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.Talk titled: “Wet Look: Investigating Highly Hydrated Matrices In Cell Adhesionand Biomineralization.”EPFL Lausanne Chemistry Colloquium, EPFL Lausanne, Lausanne,Switzerland. Talk titled: “wet look: hydrated matter in biological matrices in celladhesion & biomineralization.”2006 GEM 4 Summer School on Cell and Molecular Mechanics in Biomedicine,MIT, Cambridge MA, USA. Talk titled “Chemical, Biological, and PhysicalApproaches 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 Probingthe Pericellular Coat.”41 st EUCHEM Bürgenstock Conference on Stereochemistry, Bürgenstock,Switzerland. JSP Short Talk & Poster titled “Structure and Function ofHyaluronan in the Pericellular Matrix.”