Prof. Dr. Diethard Tautz
Scientific Member (Director)
Department for Evolutionary Genetics
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology
Main Focus
Interests:
Diethard Tautz's research interests cover a spectrum of themes in molecular evolution. He is particularly interested in understanding the molecular mechanisms of evolutionary adaptations as well as population genetics, speciation and comparative genomics.
Research fields:
Molecular evolution
Genetic basis of adaptation processes
Speciation
Complete list of publications as PDF:
http://web.evolbio.mpg.de/~tautz/publications_tautz.pdf
Diethard Tautz's research interests cover a spectrum of themes in molecular evolution. He is particularly interested in understanding the molecular mechanisms of evolutionary adaptations as well as population genetics, speciation and comparative genomics.
Research fields:
Molecular evolution
Genetic basis of adaptation processes
Speciation
Complete list of publications as PDF:
http://web.evolbio.mpg.de/~tautz/publications_tautz.pdf
Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum vitae:
Born on 17th August, 1957, in Glonn near Munich. Study of Biology in Frankfurt/Main and Tübingen (1976-1981) , PhD in Tübingen (MPI) and EMBL Heidelberg (1983), postdoc Department of Genetics Cambridge (UK) (1983-1985), postdoc MPI für Entwicklungsbiologie Tübingen (1985-1988), Habilitation in Molecular biology Tübingen (1988), Group leader Department of Genetics München Univ. (1988-1990), Professor for molecular evolution Department of Zoology München Univ. (1991-1998), Professor for molecular evolution Institut für Genetik Köln Univ. (1998-2007), Director at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology (since 2007).
Scientific Awards:
Born on 17th August, 1957, in Glonn near Munich. Study of Biology in Frankfurt/Main and Tübingen (1976-1981) , PhD in Tübingen (MPI) and EMBL Heidelberg (1983), postdoc Department of Genetics Cambridge (UK) (1983-1985), postdoc MPI für Entwicklungsbiologie Tübingen (1985-1988), Habilitation in Molecular biology Tübingen (1988), Group leader Department of Genetics München Univ. (1988-1990), Professor for molecular evolution Department of Zoology München Univ. (1991-1998), Professor for molecular evolution Institut für Genetik Köln Univ. (1998-2007), Director at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology (since 2007).
Scientific Awards:
- Gerhard Hess prize of the DFG (1990)
- Philip Morris prize (1995)
- De Snoo - van 't Hoogerhuys prize (1998)
- Elected member of the European Molecular Biology Organization, EMBO (since 2001)
- Elected member of the Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften (seit 2004)
- Elected member of the National Academy Leopoldina (since 2008)
- Member of the scientific council zoology of the DFG (2004 - 2012)
- Initiator and spokesperson of the SFB 680 "Molecular Basis of evolutionary Innovations" (2005 - 2007)
- President of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (2005-2006)
- President of VBIO - the German Association of Bioscientists (2010 - 2011)
- ERC advanced grant (2013 - 2018)
- Editor in Chief of Development Genes and Evolution (1998 - 2004)
- Associate Editor of Molecular Biology and Evolution (2002 - 2009)
- Co-Founder and Co-Editor in Chief of Frontiers in Zoology (since 2007)
- Associate Editor of Molecular Ecology (2004 - 2012)
- Senior Editor of Molecular Ecology (since 2012)
- Reviewing editor for eLIFE (since 2012)
- member of editorial board: Molecular and Developmental Evolution (1998 - 2012)
- member of editorial board: Development Genes and Evolution (since 2004)
- member of editorial board: Evolution and Development (since 1998)
- member of editorial board: Trends in Genetics (since 1992)
- member of editorial board: Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics (since 2002)
- member of editorial board: Developmental Biology (since 2007)