Professorial Faculty
Technical University of Munich

Prof. Dr. Stefan Guldin

Professorship

Complex Soft Matter

School

TUM School of Life Sciences

Contact Details

Business card at TUMonline

Academic Career and Research Areas

Professor Guldin's research interests lie in the exploration of material formation at the nanoscale and their translation into diverse applications in the life sciences. By integrating concepts of molecular self-assembly, colloid chemistry, and bio-nano interfaces, his group develops adaptive and responsive material architectures for sustainable food solutions as well as healthcare and environmental technologies.

Prof. Guldin holds a degree in physics from TU Munich, where he specialised in soft condensed matter. He completed his doctoral studies at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, earning a PhD in 2012 for his work on Inorganic Nanoarchitectures by Organic Self-Assembly. Following postdoctoral research at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (2012–2015), he joined University College London as a Lecturer, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2018 and to Full Professor in 2022. In 2024, Prof. Guldin was appointed by TU Munich and seconded to TUMCREATE Ltd., where he currently serves as Scientific Co-Director and Resident Principal Investigator of the Proteins4Singapore project. 

    Awards

    • Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry FRSC (2023)
    • Lead Exhibitor at Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition (2023)
    • Royal Society of Chemistry Materials Chemistry Horizon Prize: Stephanie L Kwolek Award (2023)
    • Fellow of Institute of Physics FInstP (2021)
    • Leopoldina Fellowship German Academy of Sciences (2012)

    Key Publications

    M. Jara Fornerod, A. Alvarez-Fernandez, M. Füredi, A.A. Rajendran, B. Prieto-Simon, N.H. Voelcker, S. Guldin: “Block copolymer-assembled nanopores enable ultra-sensitive label-free DNA detection”. Nanoscale Horizons 2025, DOI: 10.1039/D4NH00466C.

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    K. Wong, R. Qi, Y. Ye, Z. Luo, S. Guldin, K.T. Butler: “Predicting colloidal interaction parameters from small angle X-ray scattering curves using artificial neural networks and Markov Chain Monte Carlo sampling”, JACS AU 2024, 4, 3492 – 3500.

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    N. Mac Fhionnlaoich, S. Schrettl, N.B. Tito, Y. Yang, M. Nair, L.A. Serrano, K. Harkness, P.C. Silva, H. Frauenrath, F. Serra, W.C. Carter, F. Stellacci, S. Guldin: “Reversible microscale assembly of nanoparticles driven by the phase transition of a thermotropic liquid crystal”, ACS Nano 2023, 17, 9906 – 9918.

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    J. Suthar, A. Alvarez-Fernandez, E. Osarfo-Mensah, S. Angioletti-Uberti, G.R. Williams, S. Guldin: “Amplified EQCM-D detection of extracellular vesicles using 2D gold nanostructure arrays fabricated by block copolymer self-assembly”, Nanoscale Horizons 2023, 8, 460 – 472.

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    N. Mac Fhionnlaoich, S. Guldin: “Information entropy as a reliable measure of nanoparticle dispersity” Chemistry of Materials 2020, 32, 3701 – 3706.

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