Christine DeWolf, PhD
Professor , Chemistry and Biochemistry
Department Chair, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Office: |
L-SP 275-21 Richard J. Renaud Science Complex, 7141 Sherbrooke W. |
Phone: | (514) 848-2424 ext. 3378 |
Email: | Christine.Dewolf@concordia.ca |
Website(s): |
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Research interests
Biophysical, Environment, Organic, and Physical Chemistry.
Education
Postdoctoral fellow
Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Research activities
Current research projects
Interaction of antimicrobial peptides with model membranes
Pollutant (small molecule oxidants and nanoparticle) damage to lung surfactant
Langmuir monolayer structure and organization
Teaching
- CHEM 234: Physical Chemistry I
- CHEM 335: Biophysical Chemistry
- CHEM 451: Nanochemistry
- CHEM 435: Interfacial Phenomena
Publications
Selected recent publications
S. Selladurai, R.Schmidt, C. DeWolf (2016), Influence of SubphaseComposition on Model LungSurfactant Films, Langmuir 32, 10767-10775.
E. Mansuri, L.Zepeda-Velazquez, R. Schmidt, M. A. Brook, and C.E. DeWolf (2015), SrfaceBehaviour of Boronic Acid-Terminated Silicones,Langmuir, 31, 9331-9339
A. Rajasingam, R. Schmidt, S. Woo, C.DeWolf, P. Forgione, Efficient preparationof novel phenolic surfactants forself-assembled monolayers, Synthetic Communications,2014, 44; 1066-1075 .
V. Balhara, R. Schmidt, S.-U. Gorr,C. DeWolf, Membrane selectivity andbiophysical studies of the antimicrobialpeptide GL13K, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) –Biomembranes, 1826;2193–2203 (2013).
M. Ahmida, S. Dufour, H.–S. Li,H. Kayal, R. Schmidt, C. E. DeWolfand S. H.Eichhorn (2013), Face– and Edge–On Orientations of Octa–Acid and–AlcoholSubstituted Tetraazaporphyrins in Langmuir and Langmuir-BlodgettMonolayers, SoftMatter, 9,811-819.
M. Vidal, V. Kairouz, C. DeWolf,A.R. Schmitzer (2011).A Molecular Chalice with Hydrophobic Walls andHydrophilic Rim: Self-assemblyand Complexation Properties, Chem. Comm., 47, 12834- 12836.
N. Subramanian, R. Schmidt, P. M. Wood-Adams and C. E.DeWolf (2010). Space-FillingTrialkoxysilane: Synthesis and Self-Assembly intoLow-Density Monolayers, Langmuir, 26; 18628-18630