Animal Physiology / Developmental Biology
Prof. Dr. Joachim Wittbrodt
CURRICULUM VITAE
| 2012 | full focus on COS Heidelberg |
| 2007 – 2012 | at Heidelberg University and KIT |
| 2006 | Offer for full Professorship at Heidelberg University, (accepted) |
| 2006 | Offer for Directorship at the Research Center Karlsruhe, (accepted) |
| 2005 | Offer for full Professorship at the University of Geneva, Switzerland (declined) |
| 1999 – 2007 | Group leader at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, EMBL Heidelberg, Developmental Biology Unit and Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit |
| 1998 | Habilitation in Developmental and Cell Biology, University of Braunschweig |
| 1995 – 1998 | Junior Group Leader, SFB 271, MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen |
| 1991 – 1994 | PostDoc, Biocentre, University of Basle, Basle, Switzerland |
| 1988 – 1990 | PhD, Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried |
| 1986 – 1987 | Diploma Thesis, Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried |
| 1982 – 1985 | Study of Biology, University of Munich |
COORDINATING FUNCTIONS (last 10 years) |
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| 2010 – present | Member of the executive committee of the SFB 873 “Maintenance and differentiation of stem cells in development and disease” |
| 2010 – 2014 | Founding and managing director of the Centre for Organismal Studies, COS, Heidelberg University |
| 2010 – 2013 | Chairman of the German Society for Developmental Biology, GfE |
| 2007 – 2011 | Coordinator and speaker of the SFB 488 “Molecular and cellular bases of neural Development” |
| 2007 – present | Member of the Executive Committee of the Harmut Hoffman Berling International Graduate School, Heidelberg |
| 2006 – 2009 | Member of the Executive Committee of the Network of Excellence “MAIN” |
| 2001 – present | Founding Member of the Executive Committee of the Medaka Genome Initiative |
HONORS |
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| 2012 | Special price of the University of Heidelberg for exceptional research |
| 2011 | ERC advanced grant of the European Commission |
| 2011 | Lautenschläger Award at the University of Heidelberg |
| 2009 | HMLS Award of the Heidelberg Molecular Life Sciences research council |
| 2009 | Otto Mangold Award of the German Society for Developmental Biology |