S. U. Egelhaaf,
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf


The properties of colloids, surfactants, polymers and biomolecules in solution are investigated by light, x-ray and neutron scattering methods. The behavior of these systems far from thermal equilibrium, as well as phase transitions and external fields, is studied.

Prof. Dr. Stefan U. Egelhaaf

1983-1991Study of Physics and Pharmacy at the Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen and the Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel
1991-1995PhD at the ETH in Zürich
1995-1998Instrument responsible at the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble
1998-2004Lecturer, then Reader and finally Professor at The University of Edinburgh
2004-C4-Professor (Soft Condensed Matter Physics) at the Heinrich-Heine- University Düsseldorf

Pham K. N., Puertas A. M., Bergenholtz J., Egelhaaf S. U., Moussaid A., Pusey P. N., Schofield A. B., Cates M. E., Fuchs M., Poon W. C. K. (2002) Multiple glassy states in a simple model system, Science 296, 104 - 106.

Leng J., Egelhaaf S. U., Cates M. E. (2002) Kinetic pathway of spontaneous vesicle formation, Europhys. Lett. 59, 311 - 317.

Tanaka S., Egelhaaf S. U., Poon W. C. K. (2004) Crystallization of a globular protein in lipid cubic phase, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 128102.

Korobko A. V., Jesse W., Egelhaaf S. U., Lapp A., van der Maarel J. R. C. (2004) Do spherical polyelectrolyte brushes interdigitate? Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 177801.

Stradner A., Sedgwick H., Poon W. C. K., Egelhaaf S. U., Schurtenberger P. (2004) Equilibrium cluster formation in concentrated protein solutions, Nature 432, 492-495.