Ilona Baldus, Dipl. Chem PhD student Molecular Biomechanics group Bioquant der Universität Heidelberg CAS-MPG Chinese Academy of Sciences and Max Planck Gesellschaft E-Mail : ilona.baldus@bioquant.uni-heidelberg.de

> Research


The von Willebrand factor (vWf) is one of the major factors regulating bleeding. As bleeding enhanes the shear
flow the von Willebrand factor experiences, Threoxin reduces disulfide bonds of cystin present in the vWf. My
aim is to provide a way to calculate redox potentials of S-S bonds experiencing mechanical forces. Further more
I aim at understanding the influence of mechanical force on redox systems.



> Curriculum Vitae

04/2009 -	PhD student in the group of Frauke Gräter, (first reviewer: Peter Comba)
02/2009	Diploma in Chemistry Diploma thesis: Vapour deposition on ice crystals - nanoscale mechanism on snow crystal growth
2002 - 2009	Chemistry studies at the Ruprecht-Karls Universität in Heidelberg
2005	Visiting scientist in the laboratory of Tran Van Sung (Vien Khoa Hoc va Cong Nghe Viet Nam, Hanoi)
2002	Abitur in Hamburg
1999 - 2000	Student at Beaconsfield High School, England

> Outside Interests

• playing the piano
  
• sports, travelling