Dierk Niessing
Education
| 2000 |
PhD, University of Hohenheim, Germany |
| 1996 |
Diploma Biology, Georgia Augusta University Göttingen, Germany |
Academic positions
| 2009-present |
Tenured group leader (jointly funded by LMU and Helmholtz Zentrum München) |
2005 - 2009
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Leader of Helmholtz-University Young Investigators Group |
2003 - 2005
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Postdoctoral Fellow at SGX-Parmarceuticals, Inc., San Diego, USA (lab head: Stephen K. Burley; Structural Biology, Biophysics) |
| 2000 - 2002 |
Postdoctoral Fellow at The Rockefeller University, New York, USA (lab head: Stephen K. Burley; Structural Biology, Biophysics) |
1996 - 2000
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PhD at the Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany (lab head: Herbert Jäckle; Developmental Biology, Genetics) |
Awards & honors
| 2003 |
Postdoctoral Fellow of the Max-Planck-Society as part of the “Otto-Hahn-Medaille” Award |
| 2000 |
“Otto-Hahn Medaille” of the Max-Planck-Society |
| 2000 |
“PhD Award” of the German Genetics Society |
| 2000 |
PhD awarded with “summa cum laude” |
| 1997 - 1999 |
PhD Fellow of the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds |
Memberships & Professional services
| 2008-present |
Deputy to the Director of the Institute of Structural Biology (Director: Prof. Michael Sattler) of the Helmholtz Zentrum München
Member of the "Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology" (GBM) and of the "Society for Developmental Biology" (GfE).
Various reviewer activities |
