The groups participating in the IMPRS on Biomimetic Systems cover a large range of topics, from biology to biochemistry, from colloid chemistry to physical chemistry, from experimental biophysics to theoretical physics.

This is a list of the principal investigators with their webpage and some keywords about the expertises and the research topics.

Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces

Prof. Reinhard Lipowsky, Department of Theory and Bio-Systems
Prof. Helmuth Moehwald, Department of Interfaces
Prof. Markus Antonietti, Department of Colloid Chemistry
Prof. Peter Fratzl, Department of Biomaterials
Prof. Peter Seeberger, Department of Biomolecular Systems

University of Potsdam

Prof. Reimund Gerhard, Applied Condensed Matter Physics
Prof. Robert Seckler, Physical Biochemistry
Prof. Zoya Ignatova, Biochemistry

Humboldt University

Prof. Lutz Schimansky-Geier, Stochastic Processes
Prof. Juergen Rabe, Physics of Macromolecules
Prof. Beate Roeder, Photobiophysics

Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research

Prof. Andre' Laschewsky, Water-born Polymer Systems

Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering

Prof. Frank F. Bier, Molecular Bioanalytics and Bioelectronics
Dr. Claus Duschl, Cellular Biotechnology and Biochips