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Prof. Dr.

Alfred Nordheim

Project: B02

Academic Education and Scientific Degrees
2020
Senior Professor
1989
Professor of Molecular Biology
1985
Habilitation (Molecular Biology, Heidelberg University, Prof. H. Betz)
1984-1989
Group Leader (C3 equivalent), ZMBH, Heidelberg University
1980-1983
Postdoctoral research fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA (Prof. A. Rich)
1976-1979
PhD project, MPI Berlin-Dahlem (PhD advisor: Prof. K. Timmis)
1972-1976
Curriculum in Biology (Diploma), Free University Berlin and University College of North Wales (Bangor, UK) (Thesis advisor: Prof. P. A. Williams)

Professional Career
2020
Senior Professor
2018-2020
Scientific Director, Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena
2003-2009
Founding Director, Proteome Center Tübingen (PCT), Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology, Tübingen University
Since 1998
Acting Director, Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology, Tübingen University (alternating directorship)
1996-2020
Chair “Molecular Biology” (Full Professor, C4) Interfaculty Institute of Cell Biology, Tübingen University
1989-1996
Founding Director (Full Professor, C4), Institute for Molecular Biology, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany.
1984-1989
Group Leader (C3 equivalent) at the ZMBH, Heidelberg University
Address
Eberhard Karls University Tübingen
Interfaculty Institute of Cell Biology (IFIZ)
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Auf der Morgenstelle 15
72076 Tübingen
Phone
alfred.nordheim@uni-tuebingen.de
eMail
+49/7071/2978898
Awards and Appointments
2008-2013
President of the International Genetics Federation (IGF), Melbourne, Australia
2010
Academic Editor, PLoS One
2008
Secretary General, XX. International Congress of Genetics (ICG), Berlin
2007-2007
Visiting Professor, ETH Zürich, Switzerland. Host: Prof. S. Werner
2003-2011
Presidency, German Genetics Society (GfG) (President, Vice-President)
2003-2009
Founding Director, Proteome Center Tübingen (PCT), Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology, Tübingen University
2002-2012
Member, Advisory Board of the German Cancer Aid (DKH)
2000-2000
Visiting Professor, Whitehead Institute. Host: Prof. R. A. Weinberg. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA Volkswagen Foundation Fellowship, Hannover
1998
Acting Director, Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology, Tübingen University (rotating directorship)
1996
Chair “Molecular Biology” (Full Professor, C4) Interfaculty Institute of Cell Biology, Tübingen University
1989-1996
Founding Director, Institute for Molecular Biology (Full Professor, C4), Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany
1992
Max-Planck-Research Prize of the Max-Planck-Society and the Alexander-von- Humboldt-Foundation (jointly with Prof. Dr. R. A. Weinberg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA)
1991
Elected member of the 'European Molecular Biology Organization' (EMBO)