Prof. Dr. Meinhard Simon
Meinhard Simon
Curriculum vitae
Prof. Dr. Meinhard Simon
- 1974
Graduation (Abitur) from Freie Waldorfschule Benefeld - 1974 – 1976
Study of Biology at the University of Konstanz, Germany - 1976 – 1980
Study of Biology at the University of Freiburg, Germany Subjects: Limnology, Microbiology, Biochemistry - 1981 – 1985
Dissertation at the University of FreiburgThesis title: The significance of freely suspended and particle-associated bacteria for the turnover of organic matter in lake Constance - 1986 – 1988
Postdoctoral stay at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, USA, with Farooq Azam - 1988 – 1992
Research Associate at the University of Konstanz, Germany - 1992
Habilitation, University of Konstanz, Thesis title: The significance of freely suspended and particle-associated bacteria for the turnover of organic matter in Lake Constance - 1992 – 1997
Senior Research Associate at the University of Konstanz, Germany - 1992 – 1996
Temporary director of the Limnological Institute at the University of Konstanz - Since 1997
Full professorship "Biology of Geological Processes" at the Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), University of Oldenburg, Germany - 2001 - 2003
Acting director of the ICBM - 2007
Second term in office as director - Since 2010
Head of the Collaborative Research Center Transregio 51: Ecology, Physiology and Molecular Biology of the Roseobacter clade: Towards a System Biology Understanding of a Globally Important Clade of Marine Bacteria