Prof. Dr. Monika Schönhoff
Current affiliations
- Professorship for Polymers and Nanostructures
- Center for Soft Nanoscience (SoN)
- Center for Nonlinear Science
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Liquid battery electrolytes
- Polymer Electrolytes
- NMR transport studies
- Self-assembly of polyelectrolytes
- Porous and colloidal materials
Academic Education | |
| 1994 | PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in Physical Chemistry, University of Mainz |
| 07/1990 - 08/1994 | Doctoral Studies in Physical Chemistry, University of Mainz |
| 1990 | University Degree (Diplom) in Physics, University of Hannover |
| 10/1984 - 06/1990 | Undergraduate Studies in Physics, University of Hannover |
Work Experience | |
| since 08/2011 | Professor for Polymers and Nanostructures |
| 10/2003 - 08/2011 | Professor of Technical Physical Chemistry, WWU Münster |
| 08/1998 - 09/2003 | Group Leader, Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam/Golm |
| 04/1996 - 07/1998 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Lund University, Sweden |
| 10/1994 - 02/1996 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Berlin |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 01/2022 | Member of the Senate Committee and the Grants Committee on Collaborative Research Centres of the DFG |
| since 01/2021 | Board member of the GDCh Division "Magnetic Resonnce" |
| since 01/2010 | Member of GDCh (German Chemical Society) |
| since 05/2003 | Member of the Editorial Board of Colloid and Polymer Science |
| since 05/1992 | Bunsengesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie, Mitglied |
| since 03/1990 | Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, Mitglied |
| 10/2004 - 04/2021 | Member of the Advisory Board of the German Colloid Society |
| 2012 - 2016 | Scientific advisory board member of the Swedish research excellence center SuMo, Chalmers University, Gothenburg |
| 2012 - 2016 | Board member of the German Society of Physical Chemistry "Deutsche Bunsengesellschaft" (DBG) |
| 10/2009 - 2015 | Vice Chair and Treasurer of the German Colloid Society |
| 07/1992 - 07/2013 | European Colloid and Interface Society, Mitglied |
| 09/1998 - 2012 | International Association of Colloid and Interface Science, Mitglied |
Appointments | |
| 03/2011 | Offer to a Professorship for Functional Polymer materials (W3) , Philipps University of Marburg (rejected) |
| 10/2003 | Offer to a Professorship for Physikalische Chemie (C3) , University of Münster (accepted) |
Publications
Lange, A.; Arwish, S.; Rensonnet, A.; Elamin, K.; Abdurrokhman, I.; Wojnarowska, Z.; Rosenwinkel, M.; Malherbe, C.; Schönhoff, M.; Zehbe, K.; Taubert, A. (2025) In: ChemPhysChem, 26, e2024008. doi:10.1002/cphc.202400849 Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Burg, L.; Kortekaas, L.; Gibalova, A.; Daniliuc, C.; Heßling, J.; Schönhoff, M.; Ravoo, B.J. (2025) In: RSC Applied Interfaces , 2, 373-380. doi:10.1039/D4LF00376D Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Debes, P.P.; Pagel, M.; Muntean, S.; Heßling, J.; Smarsly, B.; Schönhoff, M.; Gatti, T. (2025) In: Photochemistry, 5(1). doi:10.3390/photochem5010001 Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Kilian, H.; Pothmann, T.; Lorenz, M.; Middendorf, M.; Seus, S.; Schönhoff, M.; Roling, B. (2025) In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 27, 1593-1603. doi:10.1039/D4CP04209C Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Buyting, S.; Schönhoff, M. (2025) In: Electrochimica Acta, 519, 145839. doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2025.145839 Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published |
Projects
Duration: 01/10/2022 - 30/09/2025 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2023 Funded by: DAAD - Programm des projektbezogenen Personenaustauschs mit verschiedenen Partnerländern Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/01/2021 - 31/12/2024 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster | |
Duration: 01/07/2020 - 31/10/2030 Funded by: Federal Ministry of Culture and Science of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia, PowerCo SE Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/01/2019 - 30/06/2023 | 2nd Funding period Funded by: DFG - International Research Training Group Type of project: Main DFG-project hosted at University of Münster |
Prizes
| Raphael-Eduard-Liesegang-Preis 2007 Awarded by: Deutsche Kolloidgesellschaft e.V. Award given to: Schönhoff, Monika Announced at: 15/10/2007 | Date of awarding: 15/10/2007 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction |
Doctorates
| Light Control and Solar Power Conversion by Organic Optoelectronic Assemblies Candidate: Schemme, Thomas | Supervisors: Denz, Cornelia; Schönhoff, Monika Period of time: until 23/08/2019 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Heteroaggregation in composites from carbon nanotube/zinc sulfide heterostructures Candidate: Sarpong, Larry Kwesi | Supervisors: Schönhoff, Monika Period of time: until 23/04/2019 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Transporteigenschaften von Elektrolytsystemen basierend auf ionischen Flüssigkeiten Candidate: Brinkkötter, Marc | Supervisors: Schönhoff, Monika Period of time: until 18/04/2018 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Interaction of aromatic model drugs with thermoresponsive polymers
Candidate: Termühlen, F. | Supervisors: Schönhoff, M. Period of time: until 28/06/2017 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| pH-Wert-abhängige Eigenschaften von Polyelektrolytmultischichten Candidate: Bütergerds, Dörte | Supervisors: Schönhoff, Monika Period of time: until 24/04/2017 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |