Prof. Dr. Diethard Tautz
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology
August-Thienemann-Str. 2
24306 Plön
Germany
DATE OF BIRTH
17 August 1957 in Glonn/ Germany
NATIONALITY
German
EDUCATION
| 1963 - 1976 | school and "Abitur" in Grafing / München |
| 1976 - 1978 | study of Biology at the University of Frankfurt/Main |
| 1978 - 1981 | study of Biology at the University of Tübingen |
| May 1981 | Diploma in Biology |
| 1981 - 1982 | work for Ph.D. thesis at the "Max-Planck Institut für Biologie" in Tübingen |
| 1982 - 1983 | continuation of Ph.D. thesis at the EMBL in Heidelberg |
| May 1983 | Ph.D. in Biology |
| 1983 - 1985 | postdoc at the University of Cambridge (England), Department of Genetics (Dr. Dover) |
| 1985 - 1987 | postdoc at the "Max-Planck Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie" in Tübingen (Dr. Jäckle) |
| Juli 1988 | "Habilitation" at the University of Tübingen |
| 1988 - 1990 | "Akademischer Rat" (independent group leader) at the Department of Genetics and Microbiology / University of Munich |
| 1991 - 1998 | - Professor for Molecular Evolution at the Department of Zoology / University of Munich |
| 1998 - 2007 | C4 - Professor for Molecular Evolution at the Department |
| since Sept. 2007 | Director at the Max-Planck Institute in Plön |
HONORS
| Ausbildungsstipendium der DFG |
"Gerhard Hess Preis der DFG" for excellent young researchers (1990) |
| "Philip Morris Preis" for the development of microsatellites as a molecular genetic screening tool (1995) |
| "De Snoo - van 't Hoogerhuys price" (1998) for the work on the evolution of developmental mechanisms |
| elected EMBO member (2001) |
elected member of the Academy of Sciences of NRW (2004) |
| elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina (2008) |
EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES
FOR SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
| Editor in Chief of Development Genes and Evolution (1998-2004) |
Co-Editor in Chief of Frontiers in Zoology |
| Associate Editor of Molecular Biology and Evolution (2002 - 2009) |
| Associate Editor of Molecular Ecology |
| member of editorial board: Development Genes and Evolution |
| member of editorial board: Evolution and Development |
| member of editorial board: Molecular and Developmental Evolution |
| member of editorial board: Trends in Genetics |
| member of editorial board: Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics |
FUNCTION AND MEMBERSHIP
IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
| Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft:member and past president |
European Society of Evolutionary Biology: member and past councillor |
| Gesellschaft für Entwicklungsbiologie: member |
| Gesellschaft für Genetik: member and member of the Beirat |
| Verband Biologie, Biowissenschaften & Biomedizin (VBIO) - president (since 2009) |
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