Stefan Westermann, CV
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Prof. Dr. Stefan Westermann
Faculty of Biology
Center of Medical Biotechnology
University of Duisburg-Essen
Curriculum
Vitae
Vitae
| Academic training | |
| 1992 - 1997 | Study of Biochemistry, University of Hannover, Germany, Diploma thesis with Prof. Klaus Weber |
| Academic degrees | |
| 1997 - 2002 | PhD at the Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany, with Prof. Klaus Weber |
| Professional career from graduation | |
| 2002 - 2006 | Postdoctoral work at the University of California, Berkeley, USA, with David Drubin and Georjana Barnes |
| 2006 - 2015 | Independent Group leader, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna, Austria |
| 2015 - today | Full Professor (W3) of Molecular Genetics, University of Duisburg-Essen |
| Functions and honours | |
| 2001 | PhD awarded summa cum laude |
| 2002 | Best Paper Award, Journal of Cell Science |
| 2002 | DFG Postdoctoral Fellowship |
| 2008 | ERC Starting Investigator Grant |
| 2009 | Elected Young Member of the Austrian Academy of Science |
| 2016 | Faculty member International Max-Planck-Research School in Chemical and Molecular Biology |
| Research Interests | |
| Chromosome segregation, cell cycle and kinetochores. Microtubules and the microtubule cytoskeleton, molecular mechanisms of plus-end binding proteins and molecular motors | |