Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmülling
Schmülling Group – Applied Genetics
Institute of Biology
Freie Universität Berlin
Professor
Address
Albrecht-Thaer-Weg 6
14195 Berlin
14195 Berlin
Telephone
Fax
+49 30 838-455808
Academic education and qualification
| 1997 | Habilitation in Genetics, University of Tübingen, Germany (mentor: Prof. Dr. F. Schöffl) |
| 1989 | Dr. rer. nat., University of Cologne, Germany (supervisor: Prof. Dr. J. Schell; Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding, Cologne) |
| 1986 | Diploma, Biology (1979-1986), University of Cologne, Germany |
Professional carreer
| Since August 2001 | Head of Department of Applied Genetics and Chair of Molecular Developmental Biology of Plants, Institute of Biology, Freie Universität of Berlin |
| 1991 - 2001 | Assistant at the Department of General Genetics and Group leader at the Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen |
| 1989 - 1991 | Postdoc and Group leader at the Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding, Cologne |
| 1986 - 1989 | Doctoral thesis in Genetics at the Max-Planck-Institute of Plant Breeding, Cologne, Department of Prof. Dr. Jeff Schell |
| 1979 - 1986 | Studies of Biology at the University of Cologne, Diploma thesis in Plant Physiology |
Academic activities and awards
- Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Science (1990)
- Memory Medal of the Palacký University, Olomouc (Czech Republic) (2008)
- Student Award for Excellence in Teaching (2009)
- Olchemim Science Award (2014)
- Chairs in Genetics and Plant Biology offered by the University Marie et Pierre Curie, Paris (1998), University of Potsdam (1999), University of Ulm (2001) and University of Bonn (2006)
- Visiting professor, Université Marie et Pierre Curie, Paris (1997, 1998, 2002, 2008)
- Associate Editor Biologia Plantarum (1998), BMC Plant Biology (2009), Frontiers in Plant Sciences (2010)
- University of Tübingen, Founding member and panel member of the Centre of Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP)(1999-2001)
- FU Berlin, Faculty Board of Faculty Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy (2003 - 2009, 2013-2015)
- FU Berlin, Institute Board of Institute of Biology (2003-2009, 2021-2023)
- Member of Executive Board of Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 973 “Priming and Memory of Organismic Responses to Stress“ (since 2012) and CRC 429 “Molecular physiology, energetics, and regulation of primary plant metabolism” (2002-2010)
- FU Berlin, Speaker of the Graduate School of Molecular Plant Sciences (since 2009)
- FU Berlin, Head of Dahlem Centre of Plant Sciences (DCPS) (2009-2021)
- Member of Scientific Advisory Board of Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB), Halle (since 2015)
