Jan Riemer
Education and Professional Experience
- Since 2022: Full Professor for Biochemistry (W3) at the University of Cologne
- 2015 - 2022: Associate Professor for Biochemistry (W2) at the University of Cologne
- 2012 - 2015: Assistant Professor for Cellular Biochemistry (W1) at the University of Kaiserslautern
- 2008 - 2012: Group leader at the Department of Biology at the University of Kaiserslautern
- 2007 - 2008: Post-Doc at the University of Copenhagen (Denmark) with Prof. Lars Ellgaard
- 2003 - 2007: PhD thesis at the ETH Zurich (Switzerland, 11.2003 – 01.2006) and the University of Copenhagen (Denmark, 01.2006 – 10.2007) with Prof. Lars Ellgaard and Prof. Ari Helenius
- 2003: Research stay at the Monash University (Melbourne, Australia) with Prof. Stephen Robinson and Dr. Ralf Dringen
- 2003: Exam in Biochemistry from the Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen (Diploma thesis with Dr. Ralf Dringen)
- 2000 - 2001: Research stay at the University of Michigan (USA) with Prof. James Bardwell
- 1997 - 2003: Studies of Biochemistry at the Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen
- 1996: Abitur (University entrance exam) from the Albert Schweitzer Gymnasium, Erfurt
Scholarships and Honours
- 2017: Otto-Meyerhof-Price of the German Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM)
- 2010 - 2012: EMBO Long Term Fellowship
- 2004 - 2006: PhD Fellowship of the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (B.I.F.)
- 2000 - 2001: Travel scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes) for the stay in the USA
- 1998 - 2003: Scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation
Professional and Administrative Duties
- Since 2023: Director of the Department of Chemistry, MNF at the UoC
- Since 2023: Member of the FEBS Advanced Courses Committee
- Since 2020: Speaker of the DFG-funded graduate school RTG2550, “reloc”
- Since 2020: Speaker of the integrated graduate school of the CRC1218/SFB1218, “mitoRTG”
- Since 2019: Speaker of the Cologne Graduate School for Chemistry (CGSC)
- Since 2018: Head of the Master for Biochemistry Examination Committee at UoC
- Since 2017: Speaker of the study group ”Redox biology” of the ”Deutsche Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie (GBM)”
- Since 2015: Member of the steering committees of the CRC/SFB1218 and of the graduate school of the CRC/SFB1218 (mitoRTG)
- 2021 - 2023: Deputy Director of the Department of Chemistry, MNF at the UoC
- 2019 - 2022: Acting Director of the Institute of Biochemistry/MNF at the UoC
- 2018 - 2021: Board Member of the Graduate School for Biological Sciences (GSfBS)
- 2017 - 2019: Vice-Speaker of the Cologne Graduate School for Chemistry (CGSC)