Main Responsibilities

Research and project mangement in the fields of polymer and interface science and optical sensor technology.

Career

Stefan Köstler earned a MSc in Chemical Engineering from Graz University of Technology and a doctoral degree in Chemistry from Karl-Franzens University Graz.

Research stays at the Department of Applied Physics, University of Granada and the Laboratory for Characterization and Processing of Polymers, University Maribor.

Since 2003 he is employed as research scientist at the Institute of Chemical Process Development and Control at Joanneum Research.
His current main research interests are the application of macromolecular and interface chemistry for the development of optical chemo- and biosensors.

• Electrode structuring for medical implants (ESMI)
• Integrated Organic Sensor and Optoelectronics Technologies (ISOTEC)
• Miniaturisierte Optische Biosensor-Systeme
• Optochemical Sensors based on S-Layer Membranes (SLAYSENS)
• Robust and autonomous airborne threat detection system as lab-on-a-chip device with integrated optoelectronic sensors and combined pathogen enrichment (PathoID-Chip)

• Electrokinetic Investigation of Polyelectrolyte Adsorption and Multilayer Formation on a Polymer Surface
• Elektrokinetische Messungen zur Charakterisierung von Nanostrukturen
• Integrated organic electronic based optochemical sensors using polarization filters
• Method for preparation of nanoparticles and apparatus for the production thereof
• Optical oxygen sensors based on Pt(II) porphyrin dye immobilized on S-layer protein matrices
• Optical Sensors based on S-Layer proteins
• Photochemical Surface Modification of Polytetrafluoroethylene with Hydrazine: Characterization of the Surface with Zeta-Potential Measurements and Spectroscopic Techniques
• Stable Dispersions of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Colloidal Particles by Laser Ablation
• Surface thermodynamic properties of polyelectrolyte multilayers
• Vollintegrierter Organischer Sensor
• Zeta-Potential Messung