Henry Hess
351L Engineering Terrace
1210 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail Code: 8904
New York, NY 10027
Phone: +1 212-854-7749
Fax: +1 212-854-8725
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Education
1993 Prediploma, Physics, Technical University Clausthal (Germany)
1996 Diploma, Physics, Technical University Berlin (Germany)
1999 Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D.), Physics, Free University Berlin (Germany)
Professional Experience
2009 - now Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University
2005 - 2009 Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida
2002 – 2005 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington
2000-2002 Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington
Honors and Awards
1996 Erwin-Stephan-Award of the Technical University Berlin
2000 Wolfgang-Paul-Award of the German Society for Mass Spectrometry
2000 Feodor Lynen postdoctoral fellowship of the A. von Humboldt foundation
2005 Philip Morris Forschungspreis (together with Viola Vogel)
2006 NSF Career Award
2007 Distinguished Mentor Award of the UF/HHMI “Science for Life” program
2009 Invitation to the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative “Synthetic Biology”
Grant Support
We gratefully acknowledge past and current support from:
the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation,
the DARPA Defense Science Office,
the DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences,
the NSF Biomaterials program,
the NSF Nanobiomechanics program,
the Office of Naval Research,
the Volkswagen Foundation.
Selected RECENT Publications
23. H. Hess: "Biomolecular motor-powered devices", Science 312, 861 (2006), invited perspective
24. H. Hess: "Self-assembly driven by biomolecular motors", Soft Matter, 2, 669 - 677 (2006)
26. J. Kerssemakers, J. Howard, H. Hess, S. Diez: "The distance that kinesin holds its cargo from the microtubule surface measured by fluorescence-interference-contrast microscopy", PNAS 103, 15812-15817 (2006)
29. T. Fischer, H. Hess: "Materials chemistry challenges in the design of hybrid bionanodevices: Supporting protein function within artificial environments", J. Mater. Chem., 17, 943 - 951 (2007)
30. P. Katira, A. Agarwal, T. Fischer, H.-Y. Chen, X. Jiang, J. Lahann, H. Hess*: “Quantifying the performance of protein-resisting surfaces at ultra-low protein coverages using kinesin motor proteins as probes”, Advanced Materials, 19, 3171-3176 (2007)
31. H. Hess and Y. Tseng: "Active Intracellular Transport of Nanoparticles: Opportunity or Threat?", ACS Nano, 1, 5, 390 - 392 (2007)
33. T. Nitta, A. Tanahashi, Y. Obara, M. Hirano, M. Razumova, M. Regnier, H. Hess: “Comparing Guiding Track Requirements for Myosin- And Kinesin-Powered Molecular Shuttles”, Nano Letters 8, 2305 - 2309 (2008)
34. P. Katira, A. Agarwal, H. Hess: "A random sequential adsorption model for protein adsorption to surfaces functionalized with poly(ethylene oxide)", Advanced Materials 21, 1599-1604 (2009)
37. T. Fischer, A. Agarwal and H. Hess: "A smart dust biosensor powered by kinesin motors", Nature Nanotechnology, 4, 162-166 (2009)
40. George D. Bachand, Henry Hess, Banahalli Ratna, Peter Satir and Viola Vogel: "Smart dust biosensors powered by biomolecular motors", Lab on a Chip, 9(12), 1661-1666 (2009)
Engineering at the molecular scale, in particular the design of active nanosystems incorporating biomolecular motors, the study of active self-assembly, and the investigation of protein-resistant polymer coatings.