Research Groups
Campus Groups
Aquatic EcologyProf. Dr. Bernd Sures / Prof. Daniel Hering
Contact
+49 201 183 2830
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Management
Prof. Dr. Bernd Sures
Prof. Dr. Daniel Hering
Assistance
Birgit Rieth
Jutta Schumacher
+49 201 183 2830
Aquatic Ecosystem Research Prof. Dr. Florian Leese
Contact
+49 201 183 4172
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Management
Prof. Dr. Florian Leese
Assistance
Miriam Schmidt
+49 201 183 4172
Biodiversity Prof. Dr. Jens Boenigk
Contact
+49 201 183 3118
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Management
Prof. Dr. Jens Boenigk
Assistance
Heike Todenhöfer
+49 201 183 3118
Bioinformatics and Computational BiophysicsProf. Dr. Daniel Hoffmann
Contact
+49 201 183 4347
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Management
Prof. Dr. Daniel Hoffmann
Assistance
Kay Eibl
+49 201 183 4347
BionanotechnologyProf. Dr. Barbara Saccà
Contact
+49 201 183 6911
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Management
Prof. Dr. Barbara Saccà
Chemical BiologyProf. Dr. Markus Kaiser
Contact
+49 201 183 4981
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Management
Prof. Dr. Markus Kaiser
Assistance
Svenja Kernchen
+49 201 183 4981
Didactics in Biology IProf. Dr. Angela Sandmann
Contact
+49 201 183 2593
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Management
Prof. Dr. Angela Sandmann
Assistance
Heike Zimmer
+49 201 183 2593
Biology Education Research and Learning LabProf. Dr. Philipp Schmiemann
Contact
+49 201 183 4121
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Management
Prof. Dr. Philipp Schmiemann
Assistance
Tanja Müller
+49 201 183 4121
Developmental BiologyProf. Dr. Andrea Vortkamp
Contact
+49 201 183 4298
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Management
Prof. Dr. Andrea Vortkamp
Assistance
Heike Becker
+49 201 183 4588
Eukaryotic Microbiology Prof. Dr. Sonja Rückert
Contact
+49 201 183 2453
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Management
Prof. Dr. Sonja Rückert
Assistance
Niklas Oelsner
+49 201 183 5207
Farahpour LabDr. Farnoush Farahpour
Contact
+49 201 183 4509
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Management
Dr. Farnoush Farahpour
Mechanistic Cell BiologyProf. Dr. Doris Hellerschmied-Jelinek
Contact
+49 201 183 3120
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Management
Prof. Dr. Doris Hellerschmied-Jelinek
Assistance
Tanja Müller
+49 201 183 4112
MikrobiologyProf. Dr. Michael Ehrmann
Contact
+49 201 183 2949
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Leitung
Prof. Dr. Michael Ehrmann
Assistance
Svenja Kernchen
+49 201 183 2969
Molecular Biology I Prof. Dr. Hemmo Meyer
Contact
+49 201 183 4217
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Leitung
Prof. Dr. Hemmo Meyer
Assistance
Miriam Schmidt
+49 201 183 2177
Molecular Biology II Prof. Dr. Shirley Knauer
Contact
+49 201 183 4987
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Management
Prof. Dr. Shirley Knauer
Assistance
Monika Grzeschik
+49 201 183 4668
Molecular Genetics I Prof. Dr. Stefan Westermann
Contact
+49 201 183 2733
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Management
Prof. Dr. Stefan Westermann
Assistance
Stephanie Rabe
+49 201 183 2866
Molecular Genetics IIProf. Dr. Dominik Boos
Contact
+49 201 183 4132
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Management
Prof. Dr. Dominik Boos
Assistance
Monika Grzeschik
+49 201 183 4668
Molecular Cell BiologyProf. Dr. Perihan Nalbant
Contact
+49 201 183 3206
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Management
Perihan Nalbant
Assistance
Lydia Vaaßen
+49 201 183 6772
Ecotoxicology (One Health Ruhr)Prof. Dr. Ralf Schäfer
Contact
+49 201 183 3962
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Management
Ralf Schäfer
Assistance
Dr. Christina Kamp-Meltzer
+49 201 183 2478
PhycologyProf. Dr. Bank Beszteri
Contact
+49 201 183 3102
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Management
Prof Dr. Bank Beszteri
Assistance
Kay Eibl
+49 201 183 4374
Structural and Medicinal BiochemistryProf. Dr. Peter Bayer
Contact
+49 201 183 4676
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Management
Prof Dr. Peter Bayer
Assistance
Elke Sprünken
+49 201 183 4676
Alexander von Humboldt Professorship
Biological and Genomic Treatment ApproachesProf. Dr. Dana Branzei
Contact
+49 201 183 7591
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Management
Prof. Dr. Dana Branzei
Assistance
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Affiliated Groups
River and Floodplain Ecology (Senckenberg)Prof. Dr. Peter Haase
Contact
+49 201 183 3114
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Management
Prof. Dr. Peter Haase
Computational Structural Biology (FZ Jülich)Prof. Dr. Alexander Schug
Contact
+49 2461 61 9095
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Management
Prof. Dr. Alexander Schug
Interdisciplinary Conservation Research (Environmental Campus Birkenfeld)Prof. Dr. Stefan Stoll
Contact
+49 6782 17 1578
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Management
Prof. Dr. Stefan Stoll
Mechanistic Cell Biology (MPI Dortmund)Prof Dr. Andrea Musacchio
Contact
+49 231 133 2100
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Management
Prof. Dr. Andrea Musacchio
Structural Biochemistry (MPI Dortmund)Prof Dr. Stefan Raunser
Contact
+49 231 133 2300
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Management
Prof Dr. Stefan Raunser
Assistance
Meike Schulte
Monika Manger-Niggemeyer
+49 231 133 2300
Senior Professorship
Phycology sen. Prof. Dr. Michael Melkonian
Prof. Dr. Michael Melkonian has been a senior professor at the Faculty of Biology since February 2019. Mr. Melkonian has built up the world's largest algae culture collection, which moved to the University of Duisburg-Essen at the end of 2019. He continues to research microalgae at the University of Duisburg-Essen and cooperates with many research groups at the Faculty of Biology.
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CCAC
Former Groups
Eucariotic Microbiology Prof. Dr. Micah Dunthorn
09.2018-04.2021
DFG Heisenberg Professor (W2), Head of the Chair of Eukaryotic Microbiology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
At present
Professor, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway.
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Applied Climatology and Landscape Ecology Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Kuttler
Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Kuttler was a professor at the Faculty of Biology at the University of Duisburg-Essen (formerly the University of Essen) from 1986 to February 2015. During this time, he headed the Department of Applied Climatology and Landscape Ecology.
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General Zoology Prof. Dr. Hynek Burda
Prof. Dr. Hynek Burda was a professor at the University of Duisburg-Essen (formerly the University of Essen) from 1995 to 2018. During this time, he headed the Department of General Zoology at the Faculty of Biology.
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Mikrobiology I Prof Dr. Reinhard Hensel
Reinhard Hensel was a professor at the University of Duisburg-Essen (formerly the University of Essen) from 1990 to 2013. During this time, he headed the Department of Microbiology I at the Faculty of Biology.
Obituary
Applied Soil Science Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Burghardt
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Burghardt was a professor at the University of Duisburg-Essen (formerly the University of Essen) from 1983 to 2005. During this time, he headed the Department of Applied Soil Science at the Faculty of Biology.
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