Dr. Judith Witte

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE : SCIENTIST: Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH, Göttingen, Germany | 2020 – now ▪ Technical Project Lead for improvement of nitrocellulose membrane quality and sensitivity ▪ Leading laboratory staff in diagnostics laboratory ▪ Test method development and validation for in process control and offline quality control ▪ Customer support for application of nitrocellulose membranes in lateral flow assays ▪ Project Lead on new application fields for nitrocellulose membranes in collaboration with test developers ▪ Lead of the Sartorius R&D Intersite Communication Group (2021 – 2022) PH.D. STUDENT: Technische Universität Berlin, Germany | 2017 – 2020 Title of Thesis: „Near surface dynamics of cross-linked and non-crosslinked polymer architectures at solid planar surfaces” ▪ Synthesis of different colloids and polymer coatings on silicon substrates ▪ Neutron scattering experiments for structural and dynamic investigation of colloids and polymer coatings at national and international research facilities including SANS, Neutron Reflectometry, Neutron Spin Echo Spectroscopy and Grazing Incidence Neutron Spin Echo Spectroscopy ▪ Investigative methods such as Atomic Force Microscopy, Xray Reflectometry, Ellipsometry, Dynamic Light Scattering, Zetapotential, and more INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE: PH.D. STUDENT PROJECT: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA| April – Sept 2019 ▪ Chemical Vapor Deposition ▪ Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of zwitterionic brushes on lager scale ▪ Preparation of samples for beam time at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, USA MASTER THESIS PROJECT: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA| Aug 2016 – Jan 2017 ▪ Grafting of zwitterionic polymer brushes from PLGA nanoparticles for targeting of macrophages ▪ Investigation of the influence of the grafting density on the functionalization of brush modified PLGA nanoparticles ▪ Electrohydrodynamic (Co-)Jetting