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Personal profile
Biography
Tanja Junkers graduated with a PhD degree in physical chemistry from Goettigen University in Germany in 2006, having worked on the determination of kinetic rate coefficients for radical reactions during polymerizations. In the two years that followed, she was research associate at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, shifting her focus more and more towards synthetic polymer chemistry. Between 2008 and beginning of 2010 she was a senior research scientist at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany in the group of Prof. Christopher Barner-Kowollik. Early 2010 she was then appointed professor at Hasselt University in Belgium, where she founded the Polymer Reaction Design group. January 2018 she joined Monash University as full professor, focusing on her work on continuous flow polymerizations, (nano)particle formation and design of complex precision polymers. For the time being, she keeps a guest professor role at Hasselt University until her last PhD students there will have graduated.
Education/Academic qualification
Physical Chemistry, PhD, Georg August Universitat Gottingen (Georg August University of Gottingen)
Award Date: 26 May 2006
Chemistry, Diplom (eq. Master in Science), Georg August Universitat Gottingen (Georg August University of Gottingen)
Award Date: 1 Jul 2002
External positions
Associate Editor Polymer Chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry
1 May 2018 → …
Guest professor, Universiteit Hasselt (Hasselt University)
15 Jan 2018 → …
Research area keywords
- Controlled/living Radical Polymerizations
- Flow Chemistry
- Self-assembly
- peptidomimetics
- Machine Learning
- Polymer Characterization
- kinetic modelling
Network
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ARC Training Centre for Green Chemistry in Manufacturing
Patti, A., Junkers, T., Raston, C. L., Barrow, C. J., Hapgood, K., Gates, W. P., Adcock, J. L., Sutti, A., Rajkhowa, R., Saito, K., Tabor, R., Hearn, M., Tanksale, A., Garnier, G., Franco, C., Tang, Y., Zhang, W., Heimann, K., Crawford, S., Height, M., Cock, B., Warner, J. C., Buckingham, E., King, B., Jayaratne, V., Scott, J., Bury, P., Chan, P. W. H., Robinson, A., Semple, J., Smullen, R., Ciampi, S., Sun, G., Chong, J., Miltenoff, J., Moreno , C., Innes, L., Aldrich, C., Lovelady, C., James, I., Phillips, D., Pham, H., Sacher, M., Woods, R., Francis, P., Pas, E., Wood, B. & Sun, B.
Infineum International Limited (United Kingdom), Phytovision Pty Ltd, Green Eco Technologies (Australia) PTY LTD , The Trustee for Steven Mantzaris Family Trust, CSL Behring (Australia), Bioworks Australia Pty Ltd (trading as Bioworks Australia), Australian Research Council (ARC), Phoslock Environmental Technologies Limited, Beyond Benign
15/12/20 → 14/12/24
Project: Research
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High-Precision Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Semiconducting Block Copolymers
Junkers, T., Haven, J., Buckinx, A., Michels, J. & Ribeiro, A.
Monash University – Internal University Contribution
1/01/19 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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Multifunctional Platform for Chemical Manufacturing and Energy Materials
Lee, A., Bryant, G., Caruso, R., Chiang, K., Wilson, K., Junkers, T., Polyzos, A., Qiao, G., Such, G. K., Winkler, D., Chaffee, A., Tanksale, A. & Lupton, D.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University – Internal School Contribution, Monash University – Internal Faculty Contribution, Monash University – Internal University Contribution, RMIT University, La Trobe University, University of Melbourne
23/04/21 → 22/04/22
Project: Research
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Cloud-based chemical synthesis: Breaking barriers and redefining international collaboration in the chemistry space
Junkers, T. & Kumar, J.
1/04/21 → 31/01/22
Project: Research
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Precision Porous Polymer Microparticles via Integrated Flow Processes
1/05/19 → 30/04/22
Project: Research
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Direct synthesis of light-emitting triblock copolymers from RAFT polymerization
Ribeiro, A. H., Haven, J., Buckinx, A. L., Beuchel, M., Philipps, K., Junkers, T. & Michels, J. J., 14 Jan 2021, In: Polymer Chemistry. 12, 2, p. 216-225 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
Namen und Geschlechter im Wandel
Junkers, T. & Pecher, L., Mar 2021, In: Nachrichten aus der Chemie. 69, 3, p. 18-20 3 p.Translated title of the contribution :Changing names and genders Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment / Debate › Other › peer-review
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PEGylating poly(p-phenylene vinylene)-based bioimaging nanoprobes
Peters, M., Desta, D., Seneca, S., Reekmans, G., Adriaensens, P., Noben, J. P., Hellings, N., Junkers, T. & Ethirajan, A., 1 Jan 2021, In: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 581, Part B, p. 566-575 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Accelerated Polypeptide Synthesis via N-Carboxyanhydride Ring Opening Polymerization in Continuous Flow
Vrijsen, J. H., Rasines Mazo, A., Junkers, T. & Qiao, G. G., 1 Sep 2020, In: Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 41, 18, 6 p., 2000071.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus) -
Designing molecular weight distributions of arbitrary shape with selectable average molecular weight and dispersity
Junkers, T. & Vrijsen, J. H., 5 Jul 2020, In: European Polymer Journal. 134, 7 p., 109834.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
11 Citations (Scopus)