Priyanka Sharan
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Main Focus
Her research interests include development of artificial cells as a multi-compartmentalized system to mimic the function of a biological cell.
Curriculum Vitae
Priyanka Sharan obtained her PhD degree in March 2022 from the Department of Physical Chemistry in TU Dresden under the supervision of Dr. Juliane Simmchen. During her PhD she worked on using microfluidics to fabricate artificial microswimmers and studying their behavior in complex environments. After her PhD she worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the same group for some time. In November 2023, she joined the Department of Physical Chemistry of Polymers at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPIP-P) as a postdoctoral researcher.
Selected Publications:
1. Moreno S, Sharan P, Engelke J, Gumz H, Boye S, Oertel U, Wang P, Banerjee S, Klajn R, Voit B, Lederer A. Light‐Driven Proton Transfer for Cyclic and Temporal Switching of Enzymatic Nanoreactors. Small, 2020 6(37), 2002135.
2. Sharan P, Maslen C, Altunkeyik B, Rehor I, Simmchen J, Montenegro-Johnson TD. Fundamental Modes of Swimming Correspond to Fundamental Modes of Shape: Engineering I‐, U‐, and S‐Shaped Swimmers. Advanced Intelligent Systems. 2021, 3(11), 2100068.
3. Sharan P, Xiao Z, Mancuso V, Uspal WE, Simmchen J. Upstream rheotaxis of catalytic Janus spheres. ACS Nano. 2022, 16(3), 4599-608.
4. Sharan P, Daddi‐Moussa‐Ider A, Agudo‐Canalejo J, Golestanian R, Simmchen J. Pair interaction between two catalytically active colloids. Small. 2023, 19(36), 2300817.