Curriculum Vitae

Florian Rehfeldt

since 10/2008	Scientist in the 3rd Physics Instituts (Director Prof. Dr. Christoph Schmidt) Georg-August-Universität Göttingen in Germany
01/2006 - 09/2008	Postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Prof. Dr. Dennis Discher at the Universitiy of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA (Feodor Lynen Fellow / Alexander von Humboldt Foundation)
01/2005 – 12/2005	Postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Prof. Dr. Motomu Tanaka at the Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany

Education

Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany

• PhD, Department of Physics, January 2005.
  Thesis: "Novel Ultrathin Polymer Films as Biomimetic Interfaces"

Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany

• Diploma in Physics, December 2000.
  Thesis: "Swelling Behavior of Ultrathin Biocompatible Polymer Films on Semiconductor Surfaces"

Research Experience

Universitiy of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Dennis Discher

• Biophysics and micromechanics of adult stem cells
• matrix induced stem cell differentiation
• novel polymeric ECM models

Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
Advisors: Prof. Dr. E. Sackmann, Prof. Dr. M. Tanaka

• Surface functionalization for biocompatible interlayers bridging soft biological matter and hard solids
• Investigating physical parameters of polymer layers at interfaces to control the interfacial potential

Teaching Experience

Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany

• Tutorial Physics II summer term 2009

University of Pennsylvania

• Lectured the module “Cell Mechanics and Tissue Engineering”
  within the course CAMB-697 “The Biology of Stem Cells” 2008

Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany

• Biophysics Teaching Assistant
  Responsible for the seminar. Supervising students’ talks.
• Physics Teaching Assistant
  Supervising physics lab practice 3^rd and 4^th semester.
• Biophysics Teaching Assistant
  Supervising biophysics advanced lab practice 6^th and 7^th semester.