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Short CV Anke Becker

Prof. Dr. Anke Becker
Department of Biology

Director and scientific member
Center for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO)

Education

Diploma in Biology (equivalent MSc), Bielefeld University (D), 1991
Dr. rer nat., Institute of Genetics, Bielefeld University (D), 1994
Habilitation (Venia Legendi in Genetics), Bielefeld University (D), 2000

Academic Positions

Postdoctoral researcher, Institute for Genetics, Bielefeld University (D), 1994
Research Group Leader, Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University (D), 1995 - 2001
Visiting scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA), 1999
Assistant Professor, Bielefeld University (D), 2000-2007
Head of Junior Research Group (Bioinformatics Initiative of the German Research Foundation), Bielefeld University (D), 2001 – 2007
Adjunct Professor, Bielefeld University (D), 2007
Professor of Microbial Genetics and Systems Biology, University of Freiburg (D), 2008 - 2011
Professor of Microbiology, Philipps-Universität Marburg (D), since 2011

Selected Positions and Community Services

Vice Director, Center for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO), Philipps-Universität Marburg (D), 2014 - 2016
Director, Center for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO), Philipps-Universität Marburg (D), since 2016
German Academic Scholarship Foundation, Liaison lecturer (Marburg University), since 2016
Permanent Senate Commission on Genetic Research of the German Research Foundation (DFG), 2015 – 2020
German Association for Synthetic Biology (GASB), chairperson, 2017-2019
German Association for Synthetic Biology (GASB), Advisory Board, 2017-2019
European Space Agency (ESA) Synthetic Biology Topical Team, 2020-2023
German Research Foundation (DFG) review board Microbiology, Virology and Immunology, 2020 – 2024
ProLOEWE Network (Scientific outreach & information initiative), spokesperson, since 2023
Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), Scientific Advisory Board, since 2024
Currently spokesperson of: LOEWE cluster Tree-M, Microbes-for-Climate (M4C) Cluster of Excellence Initiative 

Selected Awards and Honors

Doctoral scholarship, German Academic Scholarship Foundation, 1992-1994
Doctoral award, Westfälisch -Lippische Universitätsgesellschaft (University Society), 1994
Lise-Meitner fellow, NRW (D), 1998-2000
Heisenberg fellow (DFG), 2002-2005
FEBS National Lecture Award, 2023