Higher Education

2013
Doctorate at the University of Duisburg-Essen at the Institute for Physical Chemistry
Dissertation: Nanoparticle-protein interactions: quantification of structural and
functional aspects of the adsorption process

2003 – 2009
Studied chemistry at the University of Duisburg-Essen with a diploma

Professional Activities

Since 2016
Curator for materials at the Deutsches Museum, Munich

2014 – 2016
Lecturer in chemistry and materials science at the GBS Technical School for Technicians, Munich

• S. Ahlberg, A. Antonopoulos, J. Diendorf, R. Dringen, M. Epple, R. Flöck, W. Goedecke, C. Graf, N. Haberl, J. Helmlinger, F. Herzog, F. Heuer, S. Hirn, C. Johannes, S. Kittler, M. Köller, K. Korn, W.G. Kreyling, F. Krombach, J. Lademann, K. Loza, E.M. Luther, M. Malissek, M.C. Meinke, D. Nordmeyer, A. Pailliart, J. Raabe, F. Rancan, B. Rothen-Rutishauser, E. Rühl, C. Schleh, A. Seibel, C. Sengstock, L. Treuel, A. Vogt, K. Weber, R. Zellner, PVP-coated, negatively charged silver nanoparticles: A multi-center study of their physicochemical characteristics, cell culture and in vivo experiments, Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 5, 1944–1965 (2014)
• C. Strobel, A. T. Torrano, R. Herrmann, M. Malissek, C. Bräuchle, A. Reller, L. Treuel, I. Hilger, Effects of the physicochemical properties of titanium dioxide nanoparticles, commonly used as sun protection agents, on microvascular endothelial cells, J. Nanopart. Res., 16 (1), 2130 (2014)
• L. Treuel, M. Malissek, Interaction of nanoparticles with proteins - determination of equilibrium constants. In: Cellular and sub-cellular Nanotechnology - Methods and protocols, Weissig, V., Ed. Springer Verlag, Humana Press: New York, (2013)
• L. Treuel, M. Malissek, S. Grass, J. Diendorf, D. Mahl, W. Meyer-Zaika, M. Epple, Quantifying the influence of polymer coatings on the protein corona around silver and gold nanoparticles, J. Nanopart. Res., 14 (9), 1102, (2012)
• J. S. Gebauer, M. Malissek, S. Simon, S. K. Knauer, M. Maskos, R. H. Stauber W. Peukert and L. Treuel, Impact of the nanoparticle-protein corona on colloidal stability and protein structure, Langmuir, 28 (25), 9673-9679, (2012).
• L. Treuel, M. Malissek, J. S. Gebauer, R. Zellner, The influence of surface composition of nanoparticles on their interactions with serum albumin, ChemPhysChem, 11 (14), 3093-3099, (2010)
• L. Treuel, M. Malissek and R. Zellner, The influence of polymer coatings on the interaction between nanoparticles and serum albumin, Modern Polym. Mater. Environ. Appl., 4 (2), 233-240, (2010)