Prof Andreas Lesch is Associate Professor of Analytical Chemistry in the Department of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari" at the University of Bologna since November 2021.
Major research interests and achievements
- Development and application of single and multiplexed sensing platforms for analytical and diagnostic applications
- Inkjet printing of nanostructured electrodes for (bio)sensing and energy research
- Inkjet printing of nano-hydrogels as functional electrode layers through simultaneous inkjet printing and UV photo-polymerization
- A new fast synthesis method for metal and metal alloy nanoparticles based on the combined inkjet printing of thin metal precursor containing films and flash light irradiation: Print-Light-Synthesis
- Analysis and manipulation of biological samples using soft-probe-scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) on macroscopic (tissues) and microscopic (living cells) structures.
Education:
- 2009 – 2012: PhD (Dr. rer. nat.), Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, School of Mathematics and Science, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany
- 2004 – 2009: Diploma in Chemistry (Dipl.-Chem.), Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, School of Mathematics and Science, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany and Robert Bosch GmbH Stuttgart, Germany
Former positions:
- 2018 – 2021: Senior Assistant Professor of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", University of Bologna, Italy
- 2017 – 2018: Independent Team Leader and PhD Supervisor, School of Basic Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne-Valais Wallis (EPFL Valais Wallis), Sion, Switzerland
- 2014 – 2017: Independent Team Leader and PhD Supervisor as Principal Investigator of a Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Ambizione Energy grant, School of Basic Sciences, EPFL Valais Wallis, Sion, Switzerland.
- 2012 – 2014: Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Basic Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
