Martina STENZEL Associate Professor
	location	Room 511 F10
	telephone	9385 4344
	facsimile	9385 5966
	email	m.stenzel@unsw.edu.au
	School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering The University of New South Wales UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052 Australia

Qualifications	1996 - 1999: PhD in Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Germany 1992 - 1997: MSc in Chemistry University of Bayreuth, Germany
Employment	Lecturer, Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD) University of New South Wales, School of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry, Sydney, Australia: 2002 - Research, Associate Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD) University of New South Wales, School of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry, Sydney, Australia: 2001- 2002 Postdoctoral fellow at UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology sponsored by DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service): 1999-2000 University of Stuttgart, Germany Research Assistant: 1995-1999
Research Interests	ATRP (atom transfer radical polymerization) and RAFT (reversible addition fragmentation process) for the preparation of well-defined polymer architectures such as star polymers, comb polymers or block copolymers for different applications: Preparation of honeycomb structured porous films for membranes and as cell-growth substrate Stimuli-responsive and biocompadible block copolymers for biomedical application Self-organizing polymers with light emitting sequences as material for nanotechnology Polymers with incorporated coordination compounds suitable for carrier membranes and controlled drug release tors
Selected Publications	Journal Publications: "Synthesis and Characterization Cu(I) containing polyurethanes for the application as a carrier membrane for the separation of ethylene from gas mixtures" Stenzel-Rosenbaum, M. PhD Thesis, 1999, University of Stuttgart, Germany. "Porous polymer films and honeycomb structures made by the self-organization of well-defined macromolecular structures created by living radical polymerization techniques" Stenzel-Rosenbaum, M.; Davis, T. P.; Fane, A. G.; Chen, V. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition 2001, 40, 3428. "Star-polymer synthesis via radical reversible addition-fragmentation chain-transfer polymerization" Stenzel-Rosenbaum, M.; Davis, T. P.; Fane, A. G.; Chen. V. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2001, 39, 2777. "Synthesis of Poly(styrene) Star Polymers Grown from Sucrose, Glucose, and Cyclodextrin Cores via Living Radical Polymerization Mediated by a Half-Metallocene Iron Carbonyl Complex" Stenzel-Rosenbaum, M.; Davis, T. P.; Fane, A. G.; Chen, V. Macromolecules 2001, 34, 5433. "Formation of regular honeycomb patterned porous film by self-organisation" Stenzel, M. H. Aust. J. Chem. 2002, 55, 239 "New Molecular Architectures and Microgel Stars from RAFT Polymerization - A facile Route to Macroporous Membranes" Lord, H. T.; Whittaker, M. R.; Quinn, J. F.; Barner-Kowollik; C. Stenzel, M. H.; Heuts, J. P. A; Davis, T. P. Polym. Prepr. (Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Polym. Chem.) 2002, 43, 118. "Star Polymer Synthesis Using Trithiocarbonate Functional b-Cyclodextrin Cores (RAFT Polymerization)" Stenzel, M. H.; Davis, T. P J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2002, 40, 4498. "RAFTing Down Under: Tales of Missing Radicals, Fancy Architectures and Mysterious Holes" Barner-Kowollik, C.; Davis, T. P.; Heuts, J. P. A.; Stenzel, M. H.; Vana, P.; Whittaker, M. Highlight Article in J. Pol. Sci. 2003, 41, 365 "Influences of the Structural Design of RAFT Agents on Living Radical Polymerization Kinetics" Davis, T.P.; Barner-Kowollik, C.; T. L. U. Ngyuen, Quinn, J. F.; Stenzel, M. H.; Vana, P. in Advances in Controlled Radical Polymerization, ACS Symposium Series 2003, 854, 551. "Honeycomb structured porous films prepared from carbohydrate based polymers synthesized via RAFT process" Stenzel, M. H.; Davis, T. P.; Fane, A. G. J. Mat. Chem. 2003, in press. "Xanthate Mediated Living Free Radical Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate: Systematic Variation of the MADIX/RAFT Agent Structure" Stenzel, M. H.; Cummins, L.; Roberts, G. E.; Davis, T. P.; Vana, P.; Barner-Kowollik, C., Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2003, 204, 1160. "Microgel stars via Reversible Addition Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT) polymerisation - a facile route to macroporous membranes, honeycomb patterned thin films and inverse opal substrates". H.T. Lord, J. F. Quinn, S. D. Angus, M.l R. Whittaker, M. H. Stenzel and T. P. Davis J. Mat. Chem. 2003, in press. "Nano- and Micro-Engineering Of Ordered Porous Blue Light-Emitting Films By Templating Well-Defined Organic Polymers Around Condensing Water Droplets" C. Barner-Kowollik, H. Dalton, T. P. Davis and M. H. Stenzel Angewandte Chemie, International Edition 2003, in press. "Biomimetic Honeycomb Structured Porous Polymer Surfaces Formed by Templating Styrene-Acryloyl phophorylcholine Block copolymers" M. H. Stenzel, T. P. Davis, Aust. J. Chem. 2003, in press. "Hydrogel Design Using Reversible-Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT) Polymerization" T. S. C. Pai, T. P. Davis, M. H. Stenzel, submitted "Synthesis of Complex Molecular Architecture Polymers via Reversible Addition Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT) Polymerization" Barner, L.; Barner-Kowollik, C.; Davis, T. P.; Stenzel, M. H. Aust. J. Chem, 2003, submitted "Synthesis of Star and Hydrogel Polymers via Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain-Transfer (RAFT) Polymerization", Barner, L.; Barner-Kowollik, C.; Stenzel, M.; Davis, T. Macromolecular Synthesis, Volume 13, 2003 Lon Matthias, Ersin Acar Eds. Selected presentations: "Synthesis and characterisation of Cu(I)-containing polyurethanes for the preparation of carrier membranes" Stenzel-Rosenbaum, M; Eisenbach, C. D. 10th Stuttgart plastics conference, Stuttgart, Germany, 5th-6th March 1999 "Living/Controlled radical polymerisation for the synthesis of star polymers for special applications" Stenzel-Rosenbaum, M. H., Davis T. P. 24th Australian Polymer Symposium, Beechworth, 4th-8th February 2001 "Honeycomb structured porous films prepared from carbohydrate based polymers synthesized via RAFT process" Stenzel-Rosenbaum, M. H., Davis T. P. 25th Australian Polymer Symposium, Armidale, 10th-14th February 2002 "Honeycomb structured porous films prepared from carbohydrate based polymers synthesized via RAFT process" M. H. Stenzel Australian Colloid & Interface Symposium 2003, Sydney, NSW, 17th to 19th February 2003 Patents: "Porous Polymers for Membranes" Stenzel-Rosenbaum, M. H.; Davis, T. P. International Patent PCT WO 0250174, 2002.
Societies	Royal Australian Chemical Institute