Ute Neugebauer's Biography

Ute Neugebauer, Group Leader, Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Jena

Ute Neugebauer studied chemistry in Jena, Germany, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. After her PhD she joined the Biomedical Diagnostics Institute, Dublin, Ireland, to develop intracellular spectroscopic sensors. Since 2011 she is group leader at the Center for Sepsis Control and Care, Jena University Hospital, and the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Jena. Ute Neugebauer is leader of the Core Unit Biophotonics and she accepted a position as a Professor at the University of Jena. Her research is concerned with the development of innovative spectroscopic methods for biomedical research and diagnostics. She is one of the leading scientists in the field of spectroscopic characterization of drug-target-interactions and spectroscopic detection of antibiotic resistances.