PD Dr. rer. nat. Stephan E. Wolf

Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Chair of Glass and Ceramics

Room 1.43
Martensstr. 5
91058 Erlangen

Phone number: +49 9131 85-27565
Fax number: +49 9131 85-28311
Email: stephan.e.wolf@fau.de
Website: https://www.glass-ceramics.tf.fau.de/person/wolf/

http://the-wolf-group.de/
http://biomineralization.de/

Where bio and solids meet: formation mechanisms and cross-scale structure-property relationships of solid inorganic materials formed at the interface to the biological world

Molecular formation pathways of inorganic, biological, and bio-inspired functional solid-state materials in the light of classical and nonclassical crystallization processes
Biomimetic synthesis of functional materials, mild and sustainable routes to hybrid and nanostructured materials, with a special focus on liquid/liquid phase separations in water-based inorganic and bioinorganic systems.
Biosynthesis mechanisms and structure-property-relationships of biominerals
and pathological biominerals.

Education

16.03.2020	Venia legendi (Materials Science / Werkstoffwissenschaften) – Privatdozent
17.07.2009	PhD in chemistry – Doctor rerum naturalium (summa cum laude)
29.09.2005	Diplom in chemistry (MSc. equivalent)

Research Positions

03/2022	Emmy Noether Research Group Leader
01/2014 – 03/2022	Juniorprofessor for Materials Science: Biomimetic Materials and Processes (non-tenure track, successful interim evaluation in 2016)
2013	Visiting scientist at Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
2012	Research Associate at Cornell University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
2011 – 2012	Chercheur postdoctoral at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in the Unité Mixte Recherche UMR6282 Biogéosciences, Université de Bourgogne (Dijon, France)
2010	Postdoctoral researcher at Humboldt University Berlin, Germany, in the Institute for Chemistry
2009	Postdoctoral researcher at Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz (Germany)

Awards and Honors

since 31.05.2022	Heisenberg Fellow of the DFG
2020	Young Lecturer Award of Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
2019	Alumni of the Kavli Foundation
2014 – 2022	Emmy Noether Fellow of the DFG
2013	DFG Return Fellowship
2011 – 2012	DFG Research Fellowship
2010	Einstein Young Scholar Award of the Einstein Foundation
2009	Selected participant of the 59th Meeting of Nobel Laureates at Lake Constance, Lindau Foundation
2006 – 2009	PhD Fellowship of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation

Publications
GoogleScholar: s4DH5VYAAAAJ
WebOfScience: 842296
OrCID: 0000-0002-3747-8097
ResearcherID: O-4714-2015

2023

Hebisch M., Klostermeier S., Wolf K., Boccaccini AR., Wolf S., Tanzi RE., Kim DY.:
The Impact of the Cellular Environment and Aging on Modeling Alzheimer's Disease in 3D Cell Culture Models
In: Advanced Science (2023)
ISSN: 2198-3844
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202205037
Karafiludis S., Scoppola E., Wolf S., Kochovski Z., Matzdorff D., Van Driessche AE., Hövelmann J., Emmerling F., Stawski TM.:
Evidence for liquid-liquid phase separation during the early stages of Mg-struvite formation
In: Journal of Chemical Physics 159 (2023)
ISSN: 0021-9606
DOI: 10.1063/5.0166278
Khurshid B., Lesniewska E., Polacchi L., L'Héronde M., Jackson DJ., Motreuil S., Thomas J., Bardeau JF., Wolf S., Vielzeuf D., Perrin J., Marin F.:
In situ mapping of biomineral skeletal proteins by molecular recognition imaging with antibody-functionalized AFM tips
In: Acta Biomaterialia (2023)
ISSN: 1742-7061
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2023.07.028

2022

Clark SM., Colas B., Jacob DE., Neuefeind JC., Wang HW., Page KL., Soper AK., Schodder P., Duchstein P., Apeleo Zubiri B., Yokosawa T., Pipich V., Zahn D., Spiecker E., Wolf S.:
The nano- and meso-scale structure of amorphous calcium carbonate
In: Scientific Reports 12 (2022)
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-10627-9
Duchstein P., Schodder P., Leupold S., Dao TQN., Kababya S., Cicconi MR., de Ligny D., Pipich V., Eike D., Schmidt A., Zahn D., Wolf S.:
Small-Molecular-Weight Additives Modulate Calcification by Interacting with Prenucleation Clusters on the Molecular Level
In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2022)
ISSN: 1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202208475
Trinh TTH., Nguyen TKP., Khuu CQ., Wolf S., Nguyen AT.:
Influence of Taylor Vortex Flow on the Crystallization of L-Glutamic Acid as an Organic Model Compound
In: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (2022)
ISSN: 0888-5885
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c01505
Wallis D., Harris J., Böhm C., Wang D., Zavattieri P., Feldner P., Merle B., Pipich V., Hurle K., Leupold S., Hansen LN., Marin F., Wolf S.:
Erratum: Progressive changes in crystallographic textures of biominerals generate functionally graded ceramics (Mater. Adv. (2022) DOI: 10.1039/d1ma01031j)
In: Materials Advances 3 (2022), p. 2598-
ISSN: 2633-5409
DOI: 10.1039/d2ma90020c

2021

Cao C., Lin Z., Liu X., Jia Y., Saiz E., Wolf S., Wagner HD., Jiang L., Cheng Q.:
Strong Reduced Graphene Oxide Coated Bombyx mori Silk
In: Advanced Functional Materials (2021)
ISSN: 1616-301X
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202102923
Cao C., Peng J., Liang X., Saiz E., Wolf S., Wagner HD., Jiang L., Cheng Q.:
Strong, conductive aramid fiber functionalized by graphene
In: Composites Part A-Applied Science and Manufacturing 140 (2021), Article No.: 106161
ISSN: 1359-835X
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2020.106161
Wallis D., Harris J., Böhm C., Wang D., Zavattieri P., Feldner P., Merle B., Pipich V., Hurle K., Leupold S., Hansen LN., Marin F., Wolf S.:
Progressive changes in crystallographic textures of biominerals generate functionally graded ceramics
In: Materials Advances (2021)
ISSN: 2633-5409
DOI: 10.1039/d1ma01031j

2020

Myszka B., Schodder P., Leupold S., Barr M., Hurle K., Schüßler M., Demmert B., Biggemann J., Fey T., Boccaccini AR., Wolf S.:
Shape Matters: Crystal Morphology and Surface Topography Alter Bioactivity of Bioceramics in Simulated Body Fluid
In: Advanced Engineering Materials (2020)
ISSN: 1438-1656
DOI: 10.1002/adem.202000044
Trinh H., Khuu CQ., Wolf S., Nguyen AT.:
The multiple stages towards crystal formation of L-glutamic acid
In: Journal of Crystal Growth 544 (2020), Article No.: 125727
ISSN: 0022-0248
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2020.125727

2019

Böhm C., Feldner P., Merle B., Wolf S.:
Conical nanoindentation allows azimuthally independent hardness determination in geological and biogenic minerals
In: Materials 12 (2019), Article No.: 1630
ISSN: 1996-1944
DOI: 10.3390/ma12101630
Böhm C., Harris J., Schodder P., Wolf S.:
Bioinspired materials: From living systems to new concepts in materials chemistry
In: Materials 12 (2019), Article No.: 2117
ISSN: 1996-1944
DOI: 10.3390/ma12132117
Demmert B., Schinzel F., Schüßler M., Mondeshki M., Kaschta J., Schubert DW., Jacob DE., Wolf S.:
Polymer-functionalised nanograins of Mg-doped amorphous calcium carbonate via a flow-chemistry approach
In: Materials 12 (2019), Article No.: 1818
ISSN: 1996-1944
DOI: 10.3390/ma12111818
Gebauer D., Wolf S.:
Designing Solid Materials from Their Solute State: A Shift in Paradigms toward a Holistic Approach in Functional Materials Chemistry
In: Journal of the American Chemical Society 141 (2019), p. 4490-4504
ISSN: 0002-7863
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b13231
Gim J., Schnitzer N., Otter LM., Cui Y., Motreuil S., Marin F., Wolf S., Jacob DE., Misra A., Hovden R.:
Nanoscale deformation mechanics reveal resilience in nacre of Pinna nobilis shell
In: Nature Communications 10 (2019), Article No.: 4822
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12743-z
Harris J., Mey IP., Böhm C., Trinh H., Leupold S., Prinz C., Tripal P., Palmisano R., Wolf S.:
Ultra-smooth and space-filling mineral films generated via particle accretion processes
In: Nanoscale Horizons 4 (2019), p. 1388-1393
ISSN: 2055-6756
DOI: 10.1039/c9nh00175a
Myszka B., Hurle K., Zheng K., Wolf S., Boccaccini AR.:
Mechanical improvement of calcium carbonate cements by: In situ HEMA polymerization during hardening
In: Journal of Materials Chemistry B 7 (2019), p. 3403-3411
ISSN: 2050-750X
DOI: 10.1039/c9tb00237e
Myszka B., Schüßler M., Hurle K., Demmert B., Detsch R., Boccaccini AR., Wolf S.:
Phase-specific bioactivity and altered Ostwald ripening pathways of calcium carbonate polymorphs in simulated body fluid
In: RSC Advances 9 (2019), p. 18232-18244
ISSN: 2046-2069
DOI: 10.1039/c9ra01473j

2017

Harris J., Böhm C., Wolf S.:
Universal structure motifs in biominerals: a lesson from nature for the efficient design of bioinspired functional materials
In: Interface Focus 7 (2017), Article No.: 20160120
ISSN: 2042-8901
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2016.0120
Harris J., Wolf S.:
Desiccator Volume: A Vital Yet Ignored Parameter in CaCO3 Crystallization by the Ammonium Carbonate Diffusion Method
In: Minerals 7 (2017), Article No.: 122
ISSN: 2075-163X
DOI: 10.3390/min7070122
Weisenseel B., Harris J., Stumpf M., Wolf S., Fey T., Greil P.:
Enhancement of the Carbothermal Reduction of Hafnium Oxide by Silicon
In: Advanced Engineering Materials 19 (2017), p. 1600377
ISSN: 1438-1656
DOI: 10.1002/adem.201600377
Wolf S., Gower L.:
Challenges and Perspectives of the Polymer-Induced Liquid-Precursor Process: The Pathway from Liquid-Condensed Mineral Precursors to Mesocrystalline Products
In: Van Driessche AES, Kellermeier M, Benning LG, Gebauer D (ed.): New Perspectives on Mineral Nucleation and Growth, Cham: Springer, 2017, p. 43-76
ISBN: 978-3-319-45667-6
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-45669-0_3

2016

Böhm C., Demmert B., Harris J., Fey T., Marin F., Wolf S.:
Structural commonalities and deviations in the hierarchical organization of crossed-lamellar shells: A case study on the shell of the bivalve Glycymeris glycymeris
In: Journal of Materials Research 31 (2016), p. 536-546
ISSN: 0884-2914
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2016.46
Rodriguez-Navarro C., Ruiz-Agudo E., Harris J., Wolf S.:
Nonclassical crystallization in vivo et in vitro (II): Nanogranular features in biomimetic minerals disclose a general colloid-mediated crystal growth mechanism
In: Journal of Structural Biology 196 (2016), p. 260-287
ISSN: 1047-8477
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2016.09.005
Wolf S., Böhm C., Harris J., Demmert B., Jacob DE., Mondeshki M., Ruiz-Agudo E., Rodriguez-Navarro C.:
Nonclassical crystallization in vivo et in vitro (I): Process-structure-property relationships of nanogranular biominerals
In: Journal of Structural Biology 196 (2016), p. 244-259
ISSN: 1047-8477
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2016.07.016

2015

Harris J., Mey I., Hajir M., Mondeshki M., Wolf S.:
Pseudomorphic transformation of amorphous calcium carbonate films follows spherulitic growth mechanisms and can give rise to crystal lattice tilting
In: Crystengcomm 17 (2015), p. 6831-6837
ISSN: 1466-8033
DOI: 10.1039/c5ce00441a
URL: http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000361139300005&KeyUID=WOS:000361139300005
Wolf S., Böhm C., Harris J., Hajir M., Mondeshki M., Marin F.:
Single nanogranules preserve intracrystalline amorphicity in biominerals
In: Key Engineering Materials 672 (2015), p. 47-59
ISSN: 1013-9826
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.672.47

2014

Marin F., Le Roy N., Marie B., Ramos-Silva P., Wolf S., Benhamada S., Guichard N., Immel F.:
Synthesis of calcium carbonate biological materials : how many proteins are needed ?
In: Key Engineering Materials 614 (2014), p. 52-61
ISSN: 1013-9826
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.614.52

2013

Wolf S., Marin F., Marie B., Hamada SB., Silva P., Montagnani C., Joubert C., Piquemal D., Le Roy N.:
'Shellome': proteins involved in mollusc shell biomineralization – diversity, functions
In: Watabe S, Maeyama K, Nagasawa H (ed.): Recent Advances in Pearl Research, Terrapub, 2013, p. 149-166

2012

Wolf S., Lieberwirth I., Natalio F., Bardeau JF., Delorme N., Emmerling F., Barrea R., Kappl M., Marin F.:
Merging models of biomineralisation with concepts of nonclassical crystallisation: is a liquid amorphous precursor involved in the formation of the prismatic layer of the Mediterranean Fan Mussel Pinna nobilis?
In: Faraday Discussions 159 (2012), p. 433-448
ISSN: 1359-6640
DOI: 10.1039/c2fd20045g
URL: http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000310281600024&KeyUID=WOS:000310281600024

2011

Wolf S.:
Nonclassical Crystallization of Bivalent Metal Carbonates
Saarbrücken, Germany: SVH Verlag, 2011
ISBN: 978-3838125398
Wolf S., Leiterer J., Pipich V., Barrea R., Emmerling F., Tremel W.:
Strong Stabilization of Amorphous Calcium Carbonate Emulsion by Ovalbumin: Gaining Insight into the Mechanism of 'Polymer-Induced Liquid Precursor' Processes
In: Journal of the American Chemical Society 133 (2011), p. 12642-12649
ISSN: 0002-7863
DOI: 10.1021/ja202622g
URL: http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000294740000061&KeyUID=WOS:000294740000061
Wolf S., Müller L., Barrea R., Kampf C., Leiterer J., Panne U., Hoffmann T., Emmerling F., Tremel W.:
Carbonate-coordinated metal complexes precede the formation of liquid amorphous mineral emulsions of divalent metal carbonates
In: Nanoscale 3 (2011), p. 1158-1165
ISSN: 2040-3364
DOI: 10.1039/c0nr00761g
URL: http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000288218300054&KeyUID=WOS:000288218300054

2010

Wolf S., Schlossmacher U., Pietuch A., Mathiasch B., Schröder H., Müller WEG., Tremel W.:
Formation of silicones mediated by the sponge enzyme silicatein-alpha
In: Dalton Transactions New Horizon of Organosilicon Chemistry (2010), p. 9245–9249
ISSN: 1477-9226

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