Education

• 1996-2000: B.Sc. Messiah College, Grantham, PA; Major - biochemistry, Minor - mathematics
  
• 2000-2002: Masters Thesis - University of Muenster, Germany - equivalent to 'Diplom Arbeit' in Biology
  
• 2002-2004: Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) - University of Muenster
  Interface physics, Institute for biochemistry and biotechnology of plants, and Clinic for oral and maxillofacial surgery - biomineralization department
• 2004 - 2007: Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Nanotechnology in the Forschungzentrum Karlsruhe, Nanomechanics Group of Prof. Fuchs.
• 2008 - 2009: Groupleader at the Institute for Nanotechnology in the Forschungzentrum Karlsruhe, Nanomechanics Group of Prof. Fuchs.
• From 2010: Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Science at Florida Statue University.

Research
Interests/
Experience

• bionanotechnology, self-assembly and self-organization, lipid membranes, cell-substrate interactions, photosynthesis, tissue engineering, synthetic biology, Langmuir-Blodgett films, micro- and nanoarrays, bottom-up microfabrication, dip-pen nanolithography, scanning probe microscopy

Selected
Publications

Journal Articles:
1. S., Sekula, J. Fuchs, S. Weg-Remers, P. Nagel, S. Schuppler, J. Fragala, N. Theilacker, M. Franzreb, C. Wingren, P. Ellmark, C. A. K. Borrebaeck, C. A. Mirkin, H. Fuchs, S. Lenhert (2008) Multiplexed lipid dip-pen nanolithography on subcellular scales for templating of functional proteins and cell culture. Small 4:1785 - 1793.
2. Wang, Y., L. R. Giam, M. Park, S. Lenhert, H. Fuchs, C. A. Mirkin (2008) A self-correcting inking strategy for cantilever arrays addressed by an inkjet printer and used for dip-pen nanolithography. Small 4:1666 - 1670.
3. T. Mappes, S. Lenhert, O. Kassel, C. Vannahme, M. Schelb, J. Mohr (2008) An all polymer optofluidic chip with integrated waveguides for biophotonics. In Digest of IEEE/LEOS, Acapulco, Mexico. 215-216.
4. H. Kirchhoff, S. Lenhert, C. Buchel, L. Chi, J. Nield (2008) Probing the organization of photosystem II in photosynthetic membranes by atomic force microscopy. Biochemistry 47:431-440.
5. U. Plutowski, S. S. Jester, S. Lenhert, M. M. Kappes, C. Richert (2007) DNA-based self-sorting of nanoparticles on gold surfaces. Advanced Materials 19:1951-1956.
6. X. Chen, S. Lenhert, M. Hirtz, N. Lu, H. Fuchs, L. F. Chi (2007) Langmuir-Blodgett Patterning: A bottom-up Way to build Mesostructures over large Areas. Accounts of Chemical Research 40:393–401
7. S. Lenhert, P. Sun, Y. Wang, H. Fuchs, C. A. Mirkin (2007) Massively parallel dip-pen nanolithography of heterogeneous supported phospholipid multilayer patterns Small 3 (1) 71 - 75.
8. Lenhert, S., A. Sesma, M. Hirtz, L. Chi, H. Fuchs, H. P. Wiesmann, A. E. Osbourn, and B. M. Moerschbacher. 2007. Capillary-Induced Contact Guidance. Langmuir 23:10216-10223.
9. X. C. Wu, S. Lenhert, L. F. Chi, H. Fuchs (2006) Interface interaction controlled transport of CdTe nanoparticles in the microcontact printing process Langmuir 22 (18) 7807-7811.
10. S. Lenhert, M. Gleiche, H. Fuchs, L. F. Chi (2005) Mechanism of Regular Pattern Formation in Reactive Dewetting ChemPhysChem, 6 (12) 2495-2498.
11. S. Lenhert, M.-B. Meier, U. Meyer, L. F. Chi, H. P. Wiesmann (2005) Osteoblast alignment, elongation and migration on grooved polystyrene surfaces patterned by Langmuir-Blodgett lithography. Biomaterials, 26 (5), 563-570.
12. S. Lenhert, L. Zhang, J. Mueller, H. P. Wiesmann, G. Erker, H. Fuchs, L. F. Chi (2004) Self-Organized Complex Patterning: Langmuir-Blodgett Lithography. Adv. Mater., 16, 619-624.
13. H. Kirchhoff, M. Borinski, S. Lenhert, L. Chi, C. Buchel, (2004) Transversal and Lateral Exciton Energy Transfer in Grana Thylakoids of Spinach Biochemistry, 43(45), 14508-14516.
14. M. Zhang, S. Lenhert, M. Wang, L. F. Chi, Nan Lu, H. Fuchs, N. B. Ming (2004) Regular Arrays of Copper Wires Formed by Template-Assisted Electrodeposition. Adv. Mater. 16, 409-413.
15. N. Lu, J. Zheng, S. Lenhert, B. Xu, L. F. Chi, H. Fuchs, (2002) Fabrication of a Chemically Patterned Surface Based on Template Directed Self-Assembly. Adv. Mater. 14, 1812-1815.
16. C. M. Niemeyer, M. Adler, S. Lenhert, S. Gao, H. Fuchs, L. F. Chi (2001) Nucleic Acid Supercoiling as a Means for Ionic Switching of DNA-Nanoparticle Networks. ChemBioChem, 260-264.
17. S. Gao, L. F. Chi, S. Lenhert, B. Anczykowsky, C. M. Niemeyer, M. Adler, H. Fuchs, (2001) High-Quality Mapping of DNA-Protein Complexes by Dynamic Scanning Force Microscopy. ChemPhysChem, 384-388.
18. C. M. Niemeyer, M. Adler, B. Pignataro, S. Lenhert, S. Gao, L. F. Chi, H. Fuchs, D. Blohm (1999) Self-assemply of DNA-streptavidin nanostructures and their use as reagents in immuno-PCR. Nucleic Acids Research 27, 4553-4561.

Book Chapters:
1. Lenhert, S., H. Fuchs, C. A. Mirkin. (2009) 'Materials integration by dip-pen nanolithography' in 'Nanoprobes' H. Fuchs, editor. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. 171-196.
2. L. F. Chi, M. Gleiche, S. Lenhert, N. Lu (2003) 'Heterogeneous Surfaces with Nanosized Channel Lattices' in 'Dekker Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology' 1357 - 1367.