Gerd Ulrich Nienhaus

Gerd Ulrich "Uli" Nienhaus (born 1959) is a German physicist who is a professor and director of the Institute of Applied Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). At the KIT, he is also affiliated with the Institute of Nanotechnology, Institute of Biological and Chemical Systems, and Institute of Physical Chemistry, and he is an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

He is known for his research on the molecular machinery of life. Over the years, he has employed and advanced a wide range of biophysical techniques, including protein crystallography with x-rays and γ-rays, various spectroscopic methods (Mössbauer, XAS, UV-VIS, infrared) and optical fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy (single-molecule studies, FRET, FLIM, super-resolution microscopy) to elucidate the structure, dynamics and function of biological molecules. He has also been engaged in the development and characterization of nanoscale luminescent markers for bioimaging (fluorescent proteins, gold nanoclusters, semiconductor quantum dots). This research has been documented in more than 500 publications. Provided by Wikipedia