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
• 2013-2015  Dean of Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the University of Oldenburg
• 2018-2019  Vice president for research and transfer of the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg