1. Please tell us a little about yourself. Where are you from and what is your research background? I grew up in Kyiv, where I have finished my studying in college for optical engineering and metrology, then I have continued studying at the Chair of Optics at the Department of Physics where I finished my Bachelor's after I continued in the same Department as a Master student for one year and applied for an academic mobility to Strasbourg for the second year where I was introduced to the world of biology and chemistry and did my Master project in the laboratory of bioimaging. In the end, I obtained a Master's degree in Laser Optics and knowledge in Physical Chemistry, which allowed me to expand my view on my academic career…

1. Please tell us a little about yourself. Where are you from and what is your research background? My name is Benjamin and I was born in Frankfurt, Germany. I did my B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Chemistry at the University of Mainz, Germany. During my Master studies and an internship in Prof. Rein Ulijn’s group in New York City, I decided to specialize in Organic Chemistry and Polymer Chemistry. 2. Tell us briefly about the research project you have been doing as a Marie Curie Fellow? The project that I am working on in Prof. Eelkema’s group at TU Delft, Netherlands is widely speaking about the development of self-healing materials. Many self-healing materials already exist. However, in the context of CReaNet, the project tries to go a step further.…

1. Please tell us a little about yourself. Where are you from and what is your research background? My name is Anastasiia and I am from Kyiv, Ukraine. I obtained a B. Sc. degree in Chemistry from the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, and an M.Sc. degree both from the Taras Shevchenko University and the University of Strasbourg, France. My background is in coordination chemistry, physical chemistry, and materials. 2. Tell us briefly about the research project you have been doing as a Marie Curie Fellow? In the group of Prof. Hemans, I am working on the development of the out-of-equilibrium system that allows a temporally controlled formation of cyclic peptide nanotubes. These nanotubes can have different properties depending on the design of the peptide itself, which is relatively…

1. Please tell us a little about yourself. Where are you from and what is your research background? I am Ardeshir, from Iran. I studied Polymer Engineering for my bachelors, which was an interdisciplinary program of Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science, then I gravitated towards the latter a bit. I got a master’s in polymer science. 2. Tell us briefly about the research project you have been doing as a Marie Curie Fellow? As an ESR I have been studying out-of-equilibrium formation of structures and investigating means of achieving control over this formation in time and space. The process occurs within a chemical reaction network, which is governed by state variables. Using mathematical models, one can get a clear picture of the interplay between these variables. 3. Why did you…

Please tell us a little about yourself. Where are you from and what is your research background? I’m from the small tropical island of Trinidad and Tobago, where my love for science began with Physics and Mathematics. By the end of my bachelor’s I had a solid interest in nanotechnology because of the scientific diversity, and I made the move to Belgium to start my masters in nanobiotechnology where the concept of working closely with emerging technologies in biophysics became the area I dedicated myself to. Now I happily do just that at NanoTemper Technologies, in Munich. 2.     Tell us briefly about the research project you have been doing as a Marie Curie Fellow? My project within Chemical Reaction Networks focuses on signal amplification, as it applies to assembly systems.…

1. Please tell us a little about yourself. Where are you from and what is your research background? I am Alvaro, a Spanish Chemistry student that went to the UK for my uni degree. I have always loved biological chemistry, and that applied to Medicine In the past I worked in a Structural Biological Lab in YSBL with Prof Fred Antson, where we were trying to understand the capsid and protein channels of the virus herpes, so we could get a deeper understanding on how Herpes virus infects. Also, I worked with Prof. David Smith in the Supramolecular field, trying to get Biomaterials that we could draw patterns with light as well as introducing cells to it. 2. Tell us briefly about the research project you have been doing as…

1. Please tell us a little about yourself. Where are you from and what is your research background? Hello everyone! My name is Julius and I am originally from Germany. I conducted my Bachelor’s and Master’s studies in Biomedical Chemistry at the Johannes-Gutenberg University in Mainz. Subsequently, I joined the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz for my Master thesis. Currently, I am working on my Ph.D. in Israel at the Weizmann Institute of Science. 2. Tell us briefly about the research project you have been doing as a Marie Curie Fellow? Very broadly speaking, we are interested in the behavior and responsiveness of small molecules under confinement. Very interesting things happen when ‘simple’ molecules are organized in a predetermined way and if their movements and rotations are…

1. Please tell us a little about yourself. Where are you from and what is your research background? I was born and raised near Lago Maggiore in northern Italy. I completed my undergraduate and master’s studies at Lancaster University, where I wrote my thesis on the microfluidic manufacture of liquid crystal elastomer microbeads. 2. Tell us briefly about the research project you have been doing as a Marie Curie Fellow? My research project draws from a few different areas of chemistry. I work in the lab of Prof. Dr. Andreas Walther, on generating actuating hydrogel devices, with a view to implementing them in soft robotics. To control these devices, I employ chemical reaction networks based on enzymatic feedback systems or transient small-molecule fuelling. 3. Why did you choose to apply…

1. Please tell us a little about yourself. Where are you from and what is your research background? I am from Brazil. I was born in Belem, located in the Amazon Forest. My bachelor’s degrees in Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry were obtained at the University of Brasilia, Brazil, and my master’s degree in Advanced Spectroscopy in Chemistry was obtained as an Erasmus Joint master’s degree at the University of Lille, France, and Jagiellonian University, Poland. As an undergraduate student, I participated in several research groups comprising interdisciplinary activities on biofuels, polymerization modeling, metal–organic framework synthesis, geochemistry, and surface chemistry, including synthesis and characterization of nanoparticles. I am interested about nanoscience, in particular surface chemistry of nanocrystals. Therefore, on my master thesis, I worked on a project about the functionalization of…