Volker Nock
| Volker Nock | |
|---|---|
| Born | Germany |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | Germany; New Zealand |
| 🎓 Alma mater | University of Freiburg (Dipl-Ing); University of Canterbury (PhD) |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Microfluidic platforms for plant–pathogen studies |
| 🏅 Awards | Rutherford Discovery Fellowship (2019) |
Volker Nock is a German-born micro- and nano-engineer who is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.[1] He is recognised for developing microfluidic “lab-on-a-chip” devices that probe the mechanics of fungi, oomycetes and plant roots, and for his contributions to capillaric circuit technology.[2]
Education
Nock graduated with a Diplom-Ingenieur in microsystem technology from the University of Freiburg in 2005.[1] After moving to New Zealand he earned a PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Canterbury in 2012, working on oxygen sensing in micro-bioreactors.[2]
Career
Following post-doctoral research at Canterbury (2009–2012), Nock was appointed lecturer in 2012 and promoted to senior lecturer in 2015.[2] He became Co-Director of the university’s Biomolecular Interaction Centre in 2017 and a principal investigator of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology.[1] Nock was promoted to full professor in 2025.[1]
Nock’s laboratory combines micro- and nano-fabrication with biology. He has designed microfluidic force sensors to measure hyphal penetration pressures, capillaric elements for autonomous flow control, and root-on-a-chip devices that visualise calcium and reactive-oxygen signalling in living plants.[3]
Awards
- Rutherford Discovery Fellowship (Royal Society Te Apārangi, 2019) for work on electrotaxis and force generation in fungal pathogens.[4]
- UC Tech Jumpstart Prize (2016) for a point-of-care microfluidic blood-typing device.[5]
Selected works
- Allan C., Sun Y., Whisson S. C., Porter M., Boevink P. C., Nock V., & Meisrimler C.-N. (2024). “Observing root growth and signalling responses to stress gradients and pathogens using the bi-directional dual-flow RootChip.” Lab on a Chip 24: 5360–5373. doi:10.1039/D4LC00659C[6]
- Menges J., Meffan C., Dolamore F., Fee C., Dobson R. C. J., & Nock V. (2021). “New flow control systems in capillarics: off valves.” Lab on a Chip 21: 205–214. doi:10.1039/D0LC00811G[7]
- Tayagui A., Sun Y., Collings D. A., Garrill A., & Nock V. (2017). “An elastomeric micropillar platform for the study of protrusive forces in hyphal invasion.” Lab on a Chip 17 (21): 3643–3653. doi:10.1039/C7LC00725F[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Professor Volker Nock". MacDiarmid Institute. MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology. 16 June 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Volker Nock – Rutherford Discovery Fellowship recipient". Royal Society Te Apārangi. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ↑ "Protecting our native trees with lab-on-a-chip research". MacDiarmid Institute News. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ↑ "UC researcher awarded \$800 000 fellowship to save kauri from attack". University of Canterbury News. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ↑ BIC Annual Report 2015–2016 (PDF) (Report). Biomolecular Interaction Centre, University of Canterbury. 2016. p. 11. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ↑ Allan, Claudia; Sun, Yiling; Whisson, Stephen C.; Porter, Michael; Boevink, Petra C.; Nock, Volker; Meisrimler, Claudia-Nicole (2024). "Observing root growth and signalling responses to stress gradients and pathogens using the bi-directional dual-flow RootChip". Lab on a Chip. 24 (24): 5360–5373. doi:10.1039/D4LC00659C. PMC 11563309 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 39508314 Check|pmid=value (help). - ↑ Menges, Julian; Meffan, Claude; Dolamore, Fabian; Fee, Conan; Dobson, Renwick C. J.; Nock, Volker (2021). "New flow control systems in capillarics: off valves". Lab on a Chip. 21 (1): 205–214. doi:10.1039/D0LC00811G. PMID 33295906 Check
|pmid=value (help). - ↑ Tayagui, Ayelen; Sun, Yiling; Collings, David A.; Garrill, Ashley; Nock, Volker (2017). "An elastomeric micropillar platform for the study of protrusive forces in hyphal invasion". Lab on a Chip. 17 (21): 3643–3653. doi:10.1039/C7LC00725F. PMID 28959802.
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