Dr. Arne Gericke
John C. Metzger Professor
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Rutgers University
Area of Research: Biophysical Chemistry
Prof. Dr. R. Mendelsohn
University of Hamburg
Thesis: “Infrared spectroscopic characterization of monomolecular surface films at the air/water interface”
Prof. Dr. H. Hühnerfuss
University of Hamburg
Thesis: Structural Investigation of the system organic surface film /water.
Prof. Dr. H. Hühnerfuss
Education
Postdoctoral Research
Associate
Dissertation (Dr. rer. nat.)
Chemistry Major (Diplom-Chemist)
1994 - 1997
1988 - 1994
1982 - 1988
Professional Experience
Department Head
Full Professor
Honors College
Faculty
Graduate Program
Coordinator
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Senior Research
Assistant
(Habilitation Candidate)
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Honors College Kent State University
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Kent State University
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
School of Biomedical Sciences
School of Biomedical Sciences
Kent State University
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Kent State University
University of Halle (Germany)
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Max Planck Group for Liquid Crystals
2011 - present
2011 - present
2009 - 2011
2008 - 2011
2006 - 2011
2001 - 2006
2000 - 2006
1997 - 2000
Funding
REU site: Membrane biochemistry and bioinspired systems
PI: Gericke; co-PI: Burdette Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Physical Chemistry of the spatiotemporal regulation of protein function through phosphoinositide domains and gradients
PI: Gericke; co-PI: Wen Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Noncollagenous protein interaction in biomineralization
PI: Boskey; co-PI:Gericke Sponsor: R21 National Institute of Health
Physicochemical foundations of lipid phosphomonoester group mediated cell signaling events
PI: Gericke; co-PI: Kooijman Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Research Experience for Undergraduates REU site at Kent State University: Liquid Crystal and Advanced Materials
PI: A. Gericke; co-PI: R. Twieg Sponsor: National Science Foundation
MRI: Acquisition of a Surface Plasmon Resonance Instrument
PI: A. Gericke, co-PI: E. Kooijman Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Interdisciplinary undergraduate learning experience in biophotonics
PI: A. Gericke, co-PIs: J. Gleeson, D. Kline, J. Stalvey, R. Twieg Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Transforming Undergraduate Science Education: Interdisciplinary Training Of Northeast Ohio’s High-Tech Workforce
PIs: A. Gericke & D. Stroup; co-PIs: A. Leff, J. Gleeson Sponsor: Ohio Board of Regents
(resigned from grant in May 2011 due to departure from Kent State University)
OSUs NSF Undergraduate Research Center
PI (KSU): R. Gregory, Co-PI: A. Gericke Sponsor: National Science Foundation; PI (overall): P.K. Dutta (OSU)
Mechanism of Hard Tissue Mineralization
PI: A. Boskey (HSS, Cornell University), Co-PI: A. Gericke Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (subcontract to KSU)
Structural and morphological characterization of ceramide-1-phosphate model membranes
PI: A. Gericke Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Research Experience for Undergraduates REU site at Kent State University: Liquid Crystal and Advanced Materials
PI: A. Gericke; co-PI: R. Twieg Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Structure & Fluidity of Asymmetric Planar Lipid Bilayers
PI: A. Gericke, Co-Is: S. Sprunt (KSU), M. Lösche (Carnegie Mellon) Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Growth and Shrinkage of a lipoprotein particle: conformational flexibility of exchangeable apolipoproteins studied by x-ray reflection
PI: Kumar, S. co-PIs: A. Gericke. E. Mann Sponsor: Ohio Board of Regents
Protein Folding at Molecular Interfaces: Bioinformatics, Simulation and Experiment
PI: J. Portman, Co-PIs: G. Volkert, A. Gericke Sponsor: Ohio Board of Regents
REU Site: Liquid Crystals - Synthetic and Natural Systems
PI: A. Gericke, Co-PI: R. Twieg Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Acquisition of an imaging FTIR spectrometer - MRI proposal
PI: A. Gericke, Co-PI: J. Fulghum, S. Cabaniss, J. West Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Effects of Phosphoinositides on Cytoskeletal Proteins
PI: P. Janmey, Co-I: A. Gericke Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Mechanical, Morphological and Structural Properties of Mixed Phosphoinositide/Lipid Model Membrane Systems
PI: A. Gericke, Co-PI: E. Mann, Samuel Sprunt Sponsor: Ohio Board of Regents
Research Experiences for Undergraduates at Kent State University
PI: R. Twieg, Co-PI: A. Gericke Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Acquisition of a Microcalorimetric System
PI: F. Walz Co-PIs: A. Gericke, S. Cabaniss, M. Jaroniec, K. Laali, S. Prosser, D. Finotello, O. Lavrentovich, P. Maurice, C. Woolverton
Sponsor: Ohio Board of Regents
Spectroscopic Characterization of Diacylphosphatidylinositols
PI: A. Gericke Sponsor: German Research Foundation (DFG)
06/2017 - 05/2020
06/2015 - 05/2019
04/2012 - 03/2014
01/2011 – 09/2014
04/2010 – 03/2013
09/2009 – 08/2012
05/2008 – 04/2012
08/2008 – 07/2013
01/2006 – 12/2011
09/2006 – 05/2011
09/2007 – 08/2010
04/2007 – 03/2010
04/2006 – 12/2008
06/2007 – 05/2008
06/2005 - 05/2006
04/2004 – 03/2007
08/2002 – 07/2005
07/2002 – 06/2007
01/2002 – 12/2003
04/2001 – 03/2004
01/2000 – 12/2001
09/1997 - 08/1999
