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Prof. Dr. Berenike Maier

Universität zu Köln
Zülpicher Str. 47 a
50674 Köln

Contact
Tel.  ++49 (0)221 470 8046
Fax. ++49 (0)221 470 6230
Email:berenike.maier(at)uni-koeln(dot)de

Experience

Since 2011 Professor for Biophysics at the Institute for Biological Physics, University of Cologne
2004-2011 Professor for Single Molecule Biophysics at the Institute for Molecular Cell Biology, Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Münster
2004 Leader of Emmy-Noether research group at the Department for Physics, Ludwig Maximilians Universität München
2001-2003 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Columbia University, New York
1998-1999 Visiting researcher at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris

Education

1998-2001 PhD, Technische Universität München
1992-1998 Diploma in Physics, Technische Universität München

Selected Distinctions and Scientific Activities

since 2025 Elected member of commission C.6 (Biological Physics) of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
since 2024 Member of the scientific advisory board of the MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology
since 2016 Managing Director of Institute of Biological Physics
2020 - 2025 PI at the Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne
since 2019 Editorial board member at Biofilms
2018 - 2021 Editorial board member at Scientific Reports
2018 - 2019 Founding director of Institute for Biological Physics
2013 - 2017 HFSP program grant
2007 - 2013 Co-editor at BioInterPhases