Heiko Hayen

Prof. Dr. Heiko Hayen is a full Professor at the Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Münster, Germany. His research focuses on advanced analytical techniques, particularly mass spectrometric coupling methods (LC-HRMS, GC-MS) for lipidomics, metabolomics, and food chemistry. He has held previous faculty roles at the University of Wuppertal and Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften.

• Current research themes: lipid analysis (e.g., cardiolipins, biotensides), metabolite profiling, and ionization techniques for environmental pollutants.
• Collaborations include Prof. Dr. Lars M. Blank and Dr. Till Tiso (RWTH Aachen) for biotenside studies.
• Developed open-source software tools (MZmine 2) for lipid identification and data processing.

His group actively trains doctoral and Master’s students, with alumni contributing to academia and industry. Teaching includes chromatographic methods and applied mass spectrometry.