Secretary:
| Mrs. H. Minich Tel.: (+49) 8161 7154-42 Fax: (+49) 8161 7154-75 E-Mail: minich[at]wzw.tum.de | Mrs. M. Hochschulte |
Professional Career
| 1979-1984 | Studies in Biology at Technische Universität München, Diploma in Biologie (1984) |
| 1984-1986 | PhD thesis in the lab of Prof. Dr. F. Götz under supervision of Prof. Dr. K.-H. Schleifer, Department of Microbiology, TU München; awarded title Dr. rer. nat. (1986) |
| 1986-1987 | Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Biology (Prof. Dr. A.J. Sinskey), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, U.S.A. |
| 1988-1997 | Research scientist (Akad. Rat, Akad. Oberrat), Department of Microbiology, TU München |
| 1997 | Habilitation (Dr. rer. nat. habil.) in microbiology, Fakultät für Chemie, Biologie u. Geowissenschaften, TU München |
| 1997-2003 | Associate professor of applied microbiology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen |
| 2002 | Offer for full professorship of molecular biotechnology at TU Graz, Austria (declined) |
| 2003-2008 | Full professor of microbiology, head of Department of Genomic and Applied Microbiology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen |
| since Feb. 2008 | Professor (Ordinarius) of microbiology, head of Department of Microbiology, TU München |
Scientific Duties (selection)
| 2002-2004 | Dean and Vice Dean of the Biological Faculty, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen |
| 2005-2007 | Member of the Faculty Council of the Biological Faculty, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen |
| 2007–2008 | Member oft he Senate of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen |
| starting Oct.2010 | Dean of Study Affairs of Biological Sciences, Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan, TU München |
| Editorial services Editorial Board: | Extremophiles, Systematic and Applied Microbiology, Journal of Biotechnology, Biologia |
| Ad-hoc reviewer for scientific journals: | Appl. Environ. Microbiol., J. Bacteriol., Microbiology, FEMS Microbiol. Lett., Biologia, Arch. Microbiol., Extremophiles, J. Biotechnol., etc. |
| Conference organization (chair or co-chair of organizing committee): | 2nd, 3rd and 4th European Conferences on Prokaryotic Genomics (PROKAGEN 2005, Göttingen, 23.-26.9.2005; ProkaGENOMICS 2007, Göttingen, 7.-10.10.2007; ProkaGENOMICS 2009, Göttingen, 4.-7.10.2009. DGHM and VAAM joint annual conference, Göttingen, 26.-29.9.2005 |
Main Fields of Research (Keywords):
- Metabolism and enzymology of bacteria and archaea adapted to extreme conditions (temperature, pH) (extremophilic bacteria and archaea)
- Polysaccharide and oligosaccharide breakdown by microorganisms
- Genome analysis of prokaryotic microorganisms
- Metagenome analysis of microbial consortia
- Physiological, molecular biological and genetic studies on biotechnologically relevant bacteria (Gluconobacter oxydans, solventogenic clostridia, Bacillus licheniformis, Corynebacterium)