First name : Kerstin

Middle name : G.

Last name : Blank

Preferred Pronouns : she her hers

Highest Professional Degree : PhD or equivalent

Position : Associate Professor or equivalent

Seniority Level : Other

Institution : Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces

City : Potsdam

Country : Germany

Sector : Academy

Research website : https://www.mpikg.mpg.de/Mechano-bio-chemistry

Google scholar : https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=JSQ_EHAAAAAJ&hl=de&oi=ao

Linkedin : https://de.linkedin.com/in/kerstin-blank-b294269

Twitter : https://twitter.com/singlemolecules

ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5410-6984

Research Keywords : hydrogels, mechanical protein building blocks, mechanical structure-function relationships, Mechanobiology, mechanoresponsive interfaces, mechanoresponsive materials, molecular force sensors,

Research Methods : optical microscopy and spectroscopy, peptide and bioconjugation chemistry, protein engineering and design, rheology, single-molecule force spectroscopy,