Curriculum vitae
Hans Merzendorfer
| Oct 1988 - May 1994 | Study of Biology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich (Germany) |
| Apr - Dec 1993 | Diploma thesis at the Zoological Institute of the Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich (Germany) |
| Apr 1994 | Diploma examination in Zoology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Pharmacology and toxicology |
| June 1994 - Oct 1998 | Ph.D. student at the Zoological Institute of the Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich (Germany). Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Helmut Wieczorek. Title of the Ph.D. thesis: "Structure and regulation of the insect V-ATPase" |
| March 1999 | Final Ph.D. examination and defense passed with honors - rated "summa cum laude" |
| Apr 1999 – Nov 2001 | Research associate at the University of Osnabrück, Division of Animal Physiology |
| Dec 2001 | Assistant professor for Animal Physiology at the University of Osnabrück |
| Apr 2006 | Habilitation (equivalent to a second Ph.D., lecturer degree); Title of the thesis: “Molecular physiology of insects: function and regulation of V-ATPases and chitin synthases” |
| Dec 2007-Nov 2012 | Heisenberg Fellow of the German Research Foundation |
| June 2008 - July 2009 | Visiting Scientist at the Kansas State University, Dept. Biochemistry |
| Sept 2009 | Granting of the academic degree “apl. Professor” (equivalent to Adjunct Professor) |
| Since 2002 | Reviewer for various scientific journals including American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology, Biological Bulletin, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, Biological Reviews, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Developmental Dynamics, Developmental Biology, European Journal of Biochemistry, European Journal of Cell Biology, European Journal of Entomology, FEBS Journal, FEBS Letters, Gene, Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Insect Molecular Biology, Journal of Experimental Biology, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, PLoS One, PLoS Genetics |
| Since 2006 | Reviewer for funding agencies: National Science Foundation (NSF), Israel Science Foundation (ISF), German Research Foundation (DFG), Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) |
| Jan 2002-Dec 2008 | Member and project leader of the DFG Research Training Group 612 „Molecular Physiology: Interactions between cellular nanostructures“ |
| Jan 2005-Dec 2010 | Member and project leader of the Collaborative Research Center 431 „Functional Dynamics and Coupling to Cellular Networks “ |
| Jan 2008-Dec 2011 | Member and project leader of the UOs Research Training Group “Cell- and tissue differentiation from an integrative perspective“ |
| Jan 2011-Dec 2013 | Member and project leader of the Lichtenberg PhD program „ Membranes and Cellular Communication “ |
| Jan 2011-Dec 2014 | Executive board member and project leader of the Collaborative Research Center 431 „Physiology and dynamics of cellular microcompartments“ |
| Since Jan 2014 | Member of the Editorial Boards of Frontiers in Zoology, Journal of Insects and Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| Since April 2014 | University Professor for Molecular Biology at the University of Siegen |