Research Themes: - Biomineralization - Biomimetic Materials Chemistry - Magnetic Proteins and Bioinorganic Nanocomposites - Template-directed Synthesis - Self-assembled Inorganic Materials - Inorganic Morphosynthesis - Nanotectonics - Bionanochemistry - Meso-structured Inorganic-organic Materials - Life as a Nanoscale Phenomenon - Protein Melts - Self-assembly and Transformation of Nano-objects