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 |