Prof. Dr. Andreas Marx
Date of Birth: February 22, 1968 in Lübeck
Education and Professional Experience
| since 2004 | Full Professor for Organic Chemistry / Cellular Chemistry, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Konstanz (Germany) |
| 2004 | Offer of a Professorship for Bioorganic Chemistry, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Marburg (Germany), declined |
| 2003 | "Habilitation" in Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kekulé-Institute of Organic and Biochemistry, University of Bonn (Germany), Mentor: Prof. Dr. Michael Famulok |
| 1999 - 2003 | Group Leader at the Kekulé-Institute of Organic and Biochemistry, University of Bonn (Germany) |
| 1997 - 1999 | Postdoctoral research fellow with Professor Dr. Hisashi Yamamoto at Nagoya University (Japan) |
| 1994 - 1997 | Ph.D. with Professor Dr. Bernd Giese at the Universität Basel (Switzerland) |
| 1994 | Diploma in Chemistry, at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany) |
| 1988 - 1994 | Studies in Chemistry at the Universities of Freiburg (Germany), Sussex (UK), and Bochum (Germany) |
Professional Activities
| since 2016 | elected member of the Chemistry Review Board of the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) |
| 2014 - 2023 | elected Member of the University Senate, University of Konstanz |
| 2010 - 2013 | Vice-Rector for Research and Young Researchers, University of Konstanz |
| 2007 - 2021 | Speaker of the Graduate School GSC 218: Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology funded within the Excellence Initiative of the German federal and state governments |
| 2010 - 2013 | Vice-Rector (Research), University of Konstanz |
| 2005 - 2008 | Member of the Faculty Board of the Faculty of Sciences, University of Konstanz |
| 2005 - 2008 | Head of the Dept. of Chemistry, University of Konstanz |
| 2004 - 2007 | Speaker of the DFG-funded research unit FOR 434: Oligosaccharid- and DNA-Chips |
Honors and Awards
| 2021 | ERC Advanced Grant of the European Research Council |
| 2020 | Award of a Reinhart Koselleck Project by the German Research Foundation (DFG) |
| 2017 | František Šorm Memorial Medal of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic |
| 2017 | Member of the Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften | Akademie der Wissenschaften des Landes Baden Württemberg |
| 2014 | Karl Heinz Beckurts-Preis |
| 2013 | ERC Advanced Grant |
| 2003 | Stipend Hellmut-Bredereck-Foundation |
| 2002 | Stipend Dr. Otto Röhm Gedächtnisstiftung |
| 2002 | Funding of a Junior Research Group awarded by the VolkswagenStiftung |
| 1997 - 1999 | Postdoctoral fellowship from the European Union and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (EU/JSPS) |