Magalí Lingenfelder

Research and career After her PhD, Lingenfelder was a postdoctoral researcher at the Spanish National Research Council Institute of Materials Sciences of Barcelona (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Barcelona) and the Molecular Foundry. In 2013, Lingenfelder joined the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. Her research investigates the development of carefully controlled molecular assemblies which can respond to external stimuli. Typically, these interactions are determined by energy or charge transfer processes. Specifically, she evaluated the role of chirality by comparing the impact of chiral fused thiadiazole-helicene molecules with 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole, an achiral molecule, on oxygen evolution reactions. She showed that the boost in OER was not solely due to interactions between the thiadiazoles and electrode surfaces. This study also confirmed previously claims of Chiral Induced Spin Selectivity ('CISS') explains that hydrogen peroxide formation is prohibited at spin polarising surfaces.

Selected publications Her publications Contrasting chemistry of block copolymer films controls the dynamics of protein self-assembly at the nanoscale Local Conformational Switching of Supramolecular Networks at the Solid/Liquid Interface Germanene: the germanium analogue of graphene

Awards and honours 2008 Max Planck Society Otto Hahn Medal 2018 Royal Society of Chemistry collection "Celebrating Excellence in Research: 100 Women of Chemistry" Scientific coordinator of the Argentine Scientists Network in Switzerland, named by the Argentine Minister of Science