Prof. Dr. Nina Morgner

Principal Investigator

Prof. Dr. Nina Morgner is Professor of Physical Chemistry and Managing Director of the Institute of Physical Chemistry at Goethe University Frankfurt. Her research focuses on the mass‑spectrometric characterization of non‑covalent biomolecular assemblies, with a particular emphasis on Native Mass Spectrometry. Her group develops and applies advanced approaches such as ESI‑MS and the LILBID‑MS technique, which she has significantly advanced, to probe the structure, assembly, and dynamics of large protein and membrane‑protein complexes under near‑physiological conditions. A central research direction involves elucidating light‑triggered structural and functional mechanisms in photoreceptors, as well as dissecting lipid‑mediated stabilization effects in supramolecular assemblies. Following her doctoral work in Frankfurt and postdoctoral research at the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford, she established an internationally visible research program supported by an ERC Starting Grant and a DFG Heisenberg Professorship, integrating methodological innovation with mechanistic insight into complex biological systems.

Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main
Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
Building N201/002

Phone: +49(0)69 798-29441
E-mail: morgner<at>chemie.uni-frankfurt.de