PhD Student
Our Team
Leona Rodrigues
QUT Contact Details
- P Block, Level 8, P803B, Gardens Point Campus (QUT)
mailto:l2.lucasrodrigues@qut.edu.au
Brief Curriculum Vitae
Brief Curriculum Vitae
| since 05/19 | PhD studies under supervision of Prof. Christopher Barner-Kowollik, A/Prof. Tim Dargaville and Dr. Anja. Goldmann, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane |
| 09/18 – 03/19 | Master thesis in the group of Prof. Weil, Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research Mainz (MPIP), Topic: Photoinduced Bioconjugation |
| 11/17 – 02/18 | Exchange Semester in the group of Prof. Barner-Kowollik, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Topic: Reversible Photoligation |
| 04/17 – 03/19 | Master of Science in Biomedical Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz (JGU) |
| 09/16 – 12/16 | Bachelor thesis in the group of Prof. Pol Besenius, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz (JGU), Topic: Self-assembly of Peptide Amphiphiles |
| 10/13 – 03/17 | Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz (JGU) |
Research Interests and Opportunities
Research Interests
- Advanced Light-Induced Reactions, λ-Orthogonal Photoswitches and Photochemistry for Macromolecular Design
- PhotoATRP
- Controlled Radical Polymerization
- Stimuli-Responsive Star Polymers
- Advanced Photochemical Reaction Systems
- Size Exclusion Chromatography with Multiple Detectors
- High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry (ESI-MS, MALDI-TOF) of Synthetic Polymers;
- Self-Reporting Reaction Systems for Structural Readout
- Ambient Temperature Ligation Methods
Awards and Prizes
Presentations
Publications
| [688] |
A Self-Catalyzed Visible Light Driven Thiol Ligation
Rodrigues, L. L; Micallef, A. S.; Pfrunder, M.; Truong, V.X.; McMurtrie, J. C.; Dargaville, T.R.; Goldmann, A. S.; Feist, F.; Barner-Kowollik, C. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 7292-7297. |
| [633] |
Light Induced Ligation of o-Quinodimethanes with Gated Fluorescence Self-Reporting
Feist, F.; Rodrigues, L. L.; Walden, S. L.; Krappitz, T. W.; Dargaville, T. R.; Weil, T.; Goldmann, A. S.; Blinco, J. P.; Barner-Kowollik, C. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 7744-7748. |
Other Publications
2017
| [01] | Tuneable Transient Thermogels Mediated by a pH‐ and Redox‐Regulated Supramolecular Polymerization Daniel Spitzer, Leona Lucas Rodrigues, David Straßburger, Markus Mezger, Pol Besenius, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 15461–15465. |