Group Leader Hierarchical Materials Design @ Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Department for Synthesis of Macromolecules
Christopher Synatschke studied chemistry at the University of Bayreuth (Germany) and completed his PhD with distinction (summa cum laude) in the group of Prof. Axel H.E. Müller, studying multicompartment micelles and star-shaped polyelectrolytes. He then joined the group of Prof. Samuel Stupp at Northwestern University in Chicago as a Feodor-Lynen Postdoctoral Fellow (Humboldt Foundation), working on supramolecular-covalent hybrids. Upon returning to Germany in 2017, Christopher joined the Department for Synthesis of Macromolecules headed by Prof. Tanja Weil at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPIP) where he was promoted to group leader in 2018. Since 2025, he has led the independent “Hierarchical Materials Design” group at MPI-P. His research interests are in the bottom-up design of functional macromolecular materials for solving current challenges in sustainability and biomedicine.