Kelvin Anggara

Kelvin Anggara serves as an ERC Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart, Germany, leading independent research in Nanoscience with faculty-equivalent responsibilities equivalent to Assistant Professor rank.

His academic background includes:

• PhD in Chemistry from University of Toronto (2013-2018) under Prof. John C. Polanyi

Dr. Anggara's research pioneers single-molecule analysis of glycans and glycoconjugates using electrospray ion beam deposition combined with scanning probe microscopy (ESIBD+SPM). His ERC-funded GlycoX project deciphers the 'sugar code' by imaging molecular structures one-at-a-time, overcoming limitations of ensemble-averaged techniques. This work bridges glycoscience, nanotechnology, and analytical chemistry with direct implications for cancer diagnostics and vaccine development.

His scientific recognition includes:

• ERC Starting Grant for GlycoX project
• Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship

As principal investigator, he secures major research funding and mentors early-career scientists through hands-on training in advanced microscopy and computational modeling. His group maintains active collaborations with leading institutions across Europe including University of Oxford and Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces.

The laboratory operates state-of-the-art facilities including low-temperature STM (11 K) and computational resources for DFT modeling (ORCA, VASP, OpenMX), focusing on electronic structures, primary sequencing, and secondary folding of biomolecules.