Senior Research Professor Dr. Alfred Pühler

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Prof. Dr. Alfred Pühler
Universität Bielefeld
Centrum für Biotechnologie
33594 Bielefeld
Phone: +49-(0)521-106-8750
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CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Prof. Dr. Alfred Pühler, born September 28, 1940 in Nürnberg, Germany

 

Scientific Career:

Nov. 1961 - July 1967 Study of Physics at the Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen-Nürnberg
Feb. 1971 PhD degree in Microbiology at the Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen-Nürnberg
Feb. 1976 Habilitation in Microbiology (Genetics) at the Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen-Nürnberg
July 1977 Appointment as Associate Professor at the Institute of Microbiology at the Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen-Nürnberg
Dec. 1979 - Sep. 2008 Appointment as full professor for Genetics at Bielefeld University
Sept. 2008 Appointment as Senior Research Professor for "Genome Research on Industrial Microorganisms" at the Institute for Genome Research and Systems Biology of the Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University

 

Publications and  patents

  • more than 400  peer-reviewed publications between 1980 and 2016
  • about 50 patents in cooperation with Agrigenetics, Hoechst AG, Agrevo and Evonik Industries AG
  • Author and Editor of several books
  • 1997 - 2016 Chief Editor of Journal of Biotechnology

 

 Research projects

  •  Federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia:
2001 - 2009 Organizer of the North Rhine-Westphalian Graduate School "Bioinformatics and Genome Research"
2009 - 2016 Organizer and co-organizer of the Graduate Cluster "Industrial Biotechnology"

 

  • Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF):
2001 - 2010 Chair of the Competence Network "Genome research of Bacteria relevant for the Environment, Agriculture and Biotechnology" 
since 2014 Coordinator of the BMBF project "German Network for Bioinformatics Infrastructure (de.NBI)"
8/2016 - 5/2020 Head of Node of the national ELIXIR node ELIXIR Germany
since 6/2020 Deputy Head of Node of ELIXIR Germany

 

Awards

1993 Elected member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences
1999 Elected member of the German Academy of the Natural Scientists Leopoldina
2004 Elected member of the Gerrman Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)
2011 Honorary member of DECHEMA e.V.
2010 Honorary member of the Executive Board of the Center for Biotechnology at Bielefeld University
2020 Honorary Senator at Bielefeld University

 

University positions

1985 - 1986  Dean of the Faculty of Biology at Bielefeld University
1992 - 1994 Prorector for Research and Junior Scientists of Bielefeld University
2004 - 2010 Chairman of the Executive Board of the Center for Biotechnology at Bielefeld University
since 2010 Honorary member of the Executive Board of the Center for Biotechnology at Bielefeld University

 

Positions in non-university institutions

  • German Science Foundation (DFG):
1988 - 1996 Elected reviewer for the German Science Foundation in the field "General Biology, Genetics and Cell Biology"

 

  • DECHEMA  e.V., Frankfurt:
1994 - 2007  Member of the Executive Commitee of the DECHEMA e.V.
1995 - 2007  Chairman of the Executive Commmitee of the DECHEMA e.V., section Biotechnology

 

  • Central Commission for Biological Safety:
1995 - 2010  Member of the Central Commission for Biological Safety at the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin
2000 - 2004  Vice-Chairman of the Central Commission for Biological Safety

 

  • Science Council:
1999 - 2005 Member of the Science Council installed by the Federal President of Germany 

 

  • ELSEVIER publishing company:
1997 - 2016 Chief Editor of the JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

  • Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities:
2008 - 2016

Foreign Secretary of the Union 

 

  • National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech):
since 2009 Leader of the topical network "Biotechnology" 
2009 - 2012 Member in the Bio-economy Council
2011 - 2014 Member of the Supervisory Board

 

  • German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina:
since 2010 Member of the steering committee "Life Sciences"