Curriculum Vitae
Prof. (i.R.) Dr. Roland Winter
Born: October 22, 1954
Education
Habilitation and Venia Legendi (Physical Chemistry), University of Marburg, Germany
Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.), University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Diploma degree in Chemistry, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Abitur, Gymnasium Bruchsal
Professional Experience
| Since 2023 | Senior Professor at TU Dortmund University |
| Since 2012 | Executive Board Member of the German Center of Excellence RESOLV ("Ruhr Explores Solvation") |
| 2016-2018 | Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology of TU Dortmund University |
| 2013-2020 | Spokesman of the DFG Research Unit FOR 1979: "Exploring the Dynamical Landscape of Biomolecular Systems by Pressure Perturbation" |
| 2012-2014 | Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology of TU Dortmund University |
| 2006-2009 | President (Chairman) EHPRG (European High Pressure Research Group) |
| 2001-2006 | Spokesman of the DFG Research Unit FOR 436: "Polymorphism, Dynamics and Function of Water at Molecular Surfaces" |
| 2006-2008 | Member of the Senate of the University of Dortmund |
| 2005-2009 | Chairman of the Themes Committee of the German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry |
| 1998-2000 | Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry of TU Dortmund University |
| 1997-2006 | Spokesman of the DFG Research Training Group GK-298: "Structure-Dynamics Relations in Microstructured Systems" |
| Since 1993 | Full Professor of Physical Chemistry, Chair of Physical Chemistry I (Biophysical Chemistry), University of Dortmund, Germany |
| 1992-1993 | Professor of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Bochum, Germany |
| 1988-1992 | Staff Member, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Marburg, Germany |
| 1987-1988 | Visiting Scientist / Postdoc, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A. |
| 1983-1987 | Research Associate, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Marburg, Germany |
Honors
| 2020 | Robert Bunsen Lecture of the German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry |
| Since 2012 | Executive Board Member and Head of the Research Areas "Connecting Solvation Dynamics with Biomolecular Function" and "Solvation under Extreme Conditions" of the German Center of Excellence RESOLV ("Ruhr Explores Solvation") |
| 1992 | Dozenten-Price of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie |
Editorial Boards
| Since 2019 | Editorial Board, Biophysical Journal |
| 2003-2019 | Editorial Board, Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie - International Journal of Research in Physical Chemistry |
| 2008-2018 | Chief-Editor, Biophysical Chemistry |
| 2003-2018 | Member, Editorial Board, J. Non-Equilib. Thermodyn. |
| 2002-2018 | Editorial Advisory Board, Chemie in unserer Zeit |
Professional Activities
| 2019 | Conference "Solvation Science Meets High Pressure Bioscience" (RESOLV - 10th IMBP -DFG FOR 1979), Dortmund, 29. Sept. - 03. Oct. |
| 2016 | 8th "International Meeting on Biomolecules under Pressure (IMBP) - Towards New Horizons in High Pressure Molecular Biosciences", Dortmund, 15-17 February |
| 2013-2015 | Head, Association of German Chemistry Professors (Arbeitsgemeinschaft deutscher Universitätsprofessoren Chemie, ADUC) |
| 2009 | Chairman (with M. Fändrich and A. Kapurniotu) of the International Bunsen Discussion Meeting on "Structure of Amyloid Fibrils and Mechanism of Amyloid Formation", Halle, February 8-11 |
| 2008-2013 | Member, NRW Graduiertenschule "Forschung mit Synchrotron-Strahlung in den Nano- und Biowissenschaften", Dortmund |
| 2008 | DFG - FOR 436 Meeting "Polymorphism, Dynamics and Function of Water at Molecular Interfaces", Haus Bommerholz, July 8 |
| 2007 | Chairman (with A. Blume) of the International Bunsen Discussion Meeting on "Membrane Interacting Peptides and Proteins", Halle, March 28-31 |
| 2003-2006 | Secretary, EHPRG (European High Pressure Research Group) |
| 2003 | Chairman (with R. Ludwig and A. Geiger) of the International Bunsen Discussion Meeting on "Interfacial Water in Chemistry and Biology", Velen, Sept. 19-23 |
| 2002 | Chairman of the 2nd International Conference on "High Pressure Bioscience and Biotechnology", Dortmund |
| Since 2001 | Member, International Max-Planck Research School in "Chemical Biology", Dortmund |
| 2001 | Chairman of the 261. WE-Heraeus Seminar on "Recent Developments of the Physics of Liquids", Bad Honnef |
| 1998 | Director, NATO Advanced Study Institute on "High Pressure Molecular Science", Il Ciocco, Italy |
| 1998 | Chairman of the 10th International Conference on "Liquid and Amorphous Metals (LAM 10)", Dortmund |
| 1994-1998 | Member of the Scientific Council of the Institut Max von Laue Paul Langevin (ILL, Grenoble) |
| 1993 | Chairman of the Bunsenkolloquium on "Phase Transitions in Fluids", Bochum |
| 1992 | Director, NATO Advanced Study Institute on "High Pressure Chemistry, Biochemistry and Materials Science", Maratea, Italy |
| 1992 | Chairman of the Bunsenkolloquium on "Phase Transitions in Complex Biophysical Systems", Marburg |
Advisory Committees
| 2011-2016 | Member of the Review Committee of ESRF, Grenoble, France |
| 2006-2017 | Member of the Review Committee of the NIST Center for Neutron Research |
| 2006-2013 | Member of the Review Committee of Synchrotron SOLEIL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France |
| 2003-2006 | Committee member EHPRG (European High Pressure Research Group) |
| 1994-1998 | Member of the Scientific Council of the Institut Max von Laue Paul Langevin (ILL, Grenoble) |
+Reviewer, being active for national and international science foundations (DFG, BMBF, VW, DAAD, CNRS, NIH, NSF, etc.) and international scientific journals.
Research Areas
(Biophysical Chemistry / Biophysics) Membrane Biophysics: Lipids and model biomembranes - structure, dynamics, energetics, phase behavior, lipid-protein interactions, signal transduction, membrane proteins; Protein Biophysics: Structure, dynamics, stability and folding kinetics of proteins; misfolding and aggregation (amyloidogenesis) of proteins, protein-protein interactions; liquid-liquid phase separation phenomena; Structure and dynamics of water and cosolvents at biomolecular interfaces; Crowding and confinement effects; High pressure effects in molecular biophysics.
Liquid State Physics: Structural and dynamic properties of complex liquids; Liquid matter under extreme conditions of temperature and pressure.
Society Memberships
Deutsche Bunsengesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie (DBG)
Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh)
Biophysical Society
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Biophysik (DGfB)
Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG)
Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte
European High Pressure Research Group (EHPRG)
Teaching
General Physical Chemistry (Bachelor / Master program)
Biophysical Chemistry
Structure and Dynamics of Biomolecules
Membrane Biophysics
Mathematics for Chemists
Chemical Kinetics
Thermodynamics
Statistical Thermodynamics
Group Theory
Molecular Spectroscopy
Quantum Chemistry
Colloid and Surface Chemistry
X-ray- and Neutron-scattering in Chemistry and Biosciences
Solvation Science
High Pressure Science
Laboratories
Supervision of the Physical Chemistry laboratory for undergraduate and graduate students
Supervision of the Biophysical Chemistry laboratory
Supervision of postgraduate students